[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7282-7283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 GOD BLESS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I wish to add my voice to our colleagues 
paying tribute to law enforcement officers around our country. Dozens 
and dozens and dozens have died in the line of duty. And to them, to 
their families, and to their colleagues, we are eternally grateful.
  I also want to say that the most important way we can pay tribute to 
them and to their courage and patriotism is to make sure that they have 
the backup that they need, that we have enough officers on the street.
  In far too many communities across this country, the economy has 
forced cutbacks where they're going out alone, where there isn't the 
kind of equipment that they need in order to perform their duties. To 
pay them the tribute that they deserve, we should let no officer out on 
the streets without proper equipment, without proper attendance with 
those in order to save lives in the future.
  I think it's unconscionable that certain accounts are being cut here 
that may put their lives more at risk. That's the reason that the 
numbers are going up around the country. We've suffered this in Ohio. 
We know other States are suffering it. And I say to the American 
people, pay attention to what happens here because it can save lives.
  God bless our law enforcement officers.

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