[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13381-13382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF WALDWICK, NEW JERSEY, POLICE OFFICER 
                          CHRISTOPHER GOODELL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Garrett) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and service 
of Waldwick, New Jersey, Police Officer Christopher Goodell. Officer 
Goodell was killed in the line of duty on July 17, 2014, when a truck 
hit his police cruiser. He was just 32 years old.
  Although Officer Goodell's life was tragically cut short, he lived a 
life of

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purpose, serving both his community and his country as well.
  Officer Goodell was raised up in Waldwick and graduated from Waldwick 
High School, just back in the year 2000. Shortly after September 11, 
Officer Goodell enlisted in the U.S. Marines. Officer Goodell served in 
the military for 5 years, even including a tour of duty over in Iraq.
  After his military service, Officer Goodell returned back to his 
hometown of Waldwick, New Jersey, and joined the Waldwick Police 
Department. He took a special interest, if you will, in discouraging 
teens from drinking and driving.
  He spoke about the dangers of drunk driving back at Waldwick High 
School, and he also ran an annual DWI prevention course.
  It was on June 11 of this year that Officer Goodell was recognized in 
the State by the State chapters of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, doing 
this for all of his good service.
  Thinking about it, Officer Goodell truly had a bright future ahead of 
him. Just last month, he had proposed to his girlfriend, and they had 
plans to get married in 2016, but now, he is survived by his fiancee, a 
loving family, and an endless number of friends.
  Officer Goodell was truly a hometown hero. He lived a life of 
purpose, and he died serving and protecting the community where he grew 
up. So I come here today and I ask my colleagues here in the House of 
Representatives to join me today in paying tribute to Officer Goodell.
  We recognize, as we do this, that words alone may be of little 
comfort to the family and the friends of Christopher Goodell. It is my 
hope that they may find some solace, knowing that our thoughts and our 
prayers will be with them.

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