[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING OUR FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Ashley Guindon was 28 years old when 
she reported for duty after being sworn in to the Prince William County 
Police Department the day before.
  On her first call, she responded to a domestic violence disturbance. 
She and her fellow officers rushed to the scene and, upon arrival, 
multiple gunshots came from the house.
  Officer Guindon was shot and murdered. Yet another one of America's 
finest killed in the line of duty. Here she is, a photograph of her, 
taken the day she was sworn in. The next day, she was murdered.
  Officers David McKeown, 33, and Jesse Hempen, 31, were also shot, but 
did survive.
  Inside the house, the shooter's wife had also been murdered by the 
outlaw.
  Before having her life coldly ripped from her, Guindon served in the 
United States Marine Corps for 6 years.
  Officers who answer and respond to domestic violence calls respond to 
some of the most dangerous situations in America. Those who wear the 
badge protect the rest of us from the evil that lives among us.
  In the first 2 months of 2016, 14 police officers have been killed in 
the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, as her body was transported, over a hundred of Guindon's 
fellow officers somberly lined the streets to pay tribute to one of 
their own. Death is the harsh reality that these remarkable men and 
women face every day.
  Officer Guindon risked her life responding to a domestic violence 
call. Her life was stolen from her while on duty, her 1 day of service 
and career as a police officer.
  Officers like her are a cut above the rest of us, Mr. Speaker. They 
are a rare and remarkable breed of Americans.
  And that is just the way it is.

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