[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, as you know so well, one of the top 
issues that people in our districts are discussing is national 
security. The reason for that is because they are seeing the issues of 
national security, domestic security, played out on their streets.
  I want to stand with my colleagues who are going to do a Special 
Order in just a few minutes to honor the work that our first 
responders, that our men and women in uniform, are doing every single 
day to keep our community safe.
  A police officer is tasked with not just enforcing the law, which 
they do, they are also tasked with protecting the community.
  Often they find themselves with the duty to protect the community 
from itself, whether that is to stop the motorist who is driving 
recklessly in a school zone or having to thrust themselves into the 
middle of a domestic dispute and to restore order.
  I will tell you, so many times, as I talked to first responders as I 
was in my district in the month of August, they said there is no such 
thing as a routine stop any longer. They know they face danger. We 
thank them.

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