[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 29846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE LIVES OF THE FOUR LAKEWOOD CITY POLICE OFFICERS KILLED ON 
                           NOVEMBER 30, 2009

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Madam Speaker, today in Tacoma, Washington, the State of 
Washington will honor and memorialize the service and lives of four 
Lakewood City police officers who were slain while on duty on November 
30 this year.
  Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Ronald Owens, Officer Tina Griswold, 
and Officer Gregory Richards were killed while in the line of duty. And 
today, in the Tacoma Dome, thousands of Washingtonians will embrace 
them in their arms and in their hearts and to show respect for their 
loss.
  But I just want to note that it is the Nation that appropriately 
honors and memorializes these four officers, and the reason is that 
they are symbols of the service of police and sheriff's officers all 
over this country who are out on dark roads, who are working in dark 
cities, who are doing the hard detective work it takes to keep us safe. 
And I hope we will thank the next officer we see for their service.
  And I just want to tell these families how I feel. I lost my cousin, 
a sheriff's deputy, Mark Brown, in 1999 while in the line of duty. My 
prayers and heart goes out to these families, and I hope all my 
colleagues will join me in that regard.

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