[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, this is National Police Week, and Friday 
is Peace Officers Memorial Day. Today I have with me my two good 
friends who have served in law enforcement. There are some others, I 
think, in our body who have had that experience. So I brought some 
backup today with me.
  Every year we take a moment to recognize our law enforcement officers 
across this great Nation, the men and women who wear the uniform, who 
wear the badge, who protect our families and our communities.
  This year, 273 names will be added to the memorial wall--273 names. 
Already this year we have lost 44 police officers in the line of duty--
44 already this year. That is one police officer dying in the line of 
duty every 3\1/2\ days--every 3\1/2\ days.
  Madam Speaker, these men and women deserve our praise. They deserve 
our thanks, and they deserve the recognition that we can give them 
today on the floor of the House. There are families here who have lost 
loved ones. At the service on Friday, the President will be there to 
address them.
  We rise today, the three of us together, to ask for a moment of 
silence to honor those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will rise, and the House will 
observe a moment of silence.

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