[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

  (Mrs. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today not only as a congressional 
Member but also a widow of a law enforcement officer who lost his life 
in the line of duty. I rise to speak on behalf of all those families 
that have lost a loved one in the line of duty, and especially for 
Brian Terry and his family. The Terry family deserves to know what 
happened. The American people deserve to know what happened. And 
Congress deserves to know what happened. But let us not forget, Officer 
Terry's family deserves to know what happened.
  I stand here on behalf of all of those families who have lost law 
enforcement officers throughout our great Nation in the line of duty. 
We must not waiver. We, as a Congress, need to find out what happened 
so it never happens again. And that's something that we never should 
lose sight of. We need to make sure that whatever took place, it 
doesn't happen again. We should not be losing our officers this way.

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