[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN MEMORY OF TOMMY DECKER OF COLD SPRING

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and the 
service and the memory of Officer Tommy Decker of Cold Spring, 
Minnesota.
  On November 29, Officer Tommy Decker was tragically killed in the 
line of duty, and he was only 31 years old. Officer Decker served with 
distinction. In 6 years at the Cold Spring Police Department, he 
received no less than six commendations and letters of appreciation. He 
touched so many lives in his distinguished career. The overwhelming 
outpouring of community love and support at the funeral, where there 
were over 3,000 police cars, was an amazing sight to behold, and I was 
privileged to be there.
  In honor of Officer Decker's service, I'm proud to join with all of 
Minnesota's colleagues to introduce legislation to rename his hometown 
post office the Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office. We hope to 
complete that soon.
  And though he is no longer with us, Officer Decker's example of 
unparalleled courage and compassion lives on, and I pray that his four 
young children will grow up to know just how much their father meant to 
the people of Minnesota and what a remarkable hero and an example he 
was to us all.

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