[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

  (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of National 
Police Week. A month ago this very day, those of us from Massachusetts 
had every reason to be proud of our first responders and our police 
officers. Over the course of that week, I heard from so many of my 
colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, who said how proud they were to 
be Americans because of the response that our law enforcement officials 
took in reaction to the marathon bombings.
  It is not just in disasters, however, that our first responders and 
our police officers answer the call. I want to recognize Sergeant 
Michael Murphy from Brookline and Sergeant Jim Machado from Fall River, 
who are here this week.
  As a former prosecutor, you realize every day that the routine is 
anything but. Every time a car is stopped, every call that a police 
officer responds to, they literally put their life on the line.
  We need to only remember the acts of MIT Officer Sean Collier to 
recognize how dangerous the job is that they perform each and every day 
to enforce our laws and to keep us and our neighbors safe. And so, as a 
Member of the Fourth District of Massachusetts and on behalf of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I want to take a brief moment to all of 
our police officers and say thank you.

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