[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEK

  (Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. This week is National Law Enforcement Week 
and, as chair of the Homeland Security Committee's Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee, and as someone 
who's worked closely with law enforcement as a former deputy mayor of 
Indianapolis and U.S. Attorney, I want to mark this moment.
  Men and women of law enforcement run into the most difficult 
situations while the rest of us are trying to get out. They spend their 
lives in harm's way to keep the rest of us out of it.
  When I toured the flood damage just last month in Grant, Howard and 
Tipton counties, I learned the police had gone door to door to make 
sure that everyone had evacuated.
  When I was U.S. Attorney, I spoke at the funeral of Officer Jake 
Laird, who was shot and killed by a mentally ill gunman. Officers ran 
in to save a neighborhood under siege.
  Historically, Indiana law enforcement has lost 406 individuals in the 
line of duty. These men and women gave their lives for their fellow 
Hoosiers. We are forever grateful to them and to their survivors, and 
honor their memories by supporting and honoring their service and those 
who proudly wear the badge.

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