[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6776-6778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ISSUES OF THE DAY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor, and I also rise to 
challenge.
  My honoring is to acknowledge the National Law Enforcement Officers 
Memorial and to honor those who have fallen in battle, and to 
acknowledge the fact that an officer is killed somewhere in the United 
States every 60 hours, and there are also 58,930 assaults and 15,404 
injuries.
  So I salute those who have fallen and offer my sympathy to their 
families,

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but I recognize that it is important to honor them, and we do honor 
them.
  That is why I rise today with sadness on what we did on the floor of 
the House, where we actually said to the LGBT community that serve in 
the United States military or by contracting work serve the United 
States Government, that you are not equal. How sad that is. I am 
looking forward to this House, next week, overturning that dastardly 
provision that says that one American who comes under the Constitution 
is not equal.
  Finally, let me say that we are suffering from the possibility of the 
Zika virus, and this House must fully fund for the Zika virus epidemic 
that is coming.
  Mr. Speaker, this week the nation observes National Police Week, as 
we have since President John F. Kennedy first proclaimed National Peace 
Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 1962.
  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is the nation's 
monument to law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
  Dedicated on October 15, 1991, the Memorial honors federal, state and 
local law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for 
the safety and protection of our nation and its people.
  Carved on its walls are the names of 20,789 officers who have been 
killed in the line of duty throughout U.S. history, dating back to the 
first known death in 1791.
  Added to the Wall this year will be the names of the 123 police 
officers killed in the line of duty in 2015.
  Mr. Speaker, enshrined on the Memorial Wall of Honor also are the 
names of 1,695 fallen peace officers from the state of Texas, the most 
of any state, including 114 members of the Houston Police Department 
who gave their lives to keep their city safe.
  I include a list of these fallen heroes from Houston, Texas.
  Mr. Speaker, today there are more than 900,000 law enforcement 
personnel serving the people of our country, the highest amount ever.
  About 12 percent of them are female. These brave men and women risk 
their lives to keep the peace and keep us safe but they are too often 
taken by the violence they are working to prevent. Every year, a law 
enforcement officer is killed somewhere in the United States every 60 
hours, and there are also 58,930 assaults against our law officers each 
year, resulting in 15,404 injuries.
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Law Enforcement Caucus I am proud to 
represent the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas in 
paying tribute to the 123 fallen heroes who will be joining the 20,789 
gallant men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion to the 
communities they took an oath to protect and serve.
  In closing, Mr. Speaker, let me pay tribute to one of the finest 
public servants America has produced, Lee Patrick Brown, who is perhaps 
best known to the law enforcement community as the ``The Father of 
Community Policing.''
  Lee Brown was appointed in 1982 as the first African-American Chief 
of Police of the Houston Police Department, where he pioneered 
techniques in community policing to reduce crime that still used 
throughout the country today.
  Lee Brown enjoyed a long and distinguished career leading several of 
the nation's most important and largest police departments, including 
those of Atlanta, Georgia, and New York City, before becoming the first 
African American Mayor of Houston, Texas in 1997.
  Following Lee Brown as Chief of the Houston Police Department were 
the following good and true public servants: Elizabeth Watson (1990-
1992); Sam Nuchia (1992-1997); Clarence Bradford (1997-2004); Harold 
Hunt (2004-2009); and Charles McClelland (2010-2016).
  Mr. Speaker, I ask for a moment of silence in memory of the officers 
whose names will be added to the National Peace Officers Memorial Wall 
of Honor.

   Houston Law Enforcement Officers Memorialized on the Wall of Honor

       1. TIMOTHY SCOTT ABERNETHY, End of Watch: December 7, 2008, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       2. CHARLES H BAKER, End of Watch: August 16, 1979, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       3. JOHNNY TERRELL BAMSCH, End of Watch: January 30, 1975, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       4. CLAUDE R BECK, End of Watch: December 10, 1971, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       5. JACK B BEETS, End of Watch: March 30, 1955, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       6. TROY A BLANDO, End of Watch: May 19, 1999, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       7. JAMES CHARLES BOSWELL, End of Watch: December 9, 1989, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       8. C E BRANON, End of Watch: March 20, 1959, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       9. JOHN M CAIN, End of Watch: August 3, 1911, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       10. RICHARD H CALHOUN, End of Watch: October 10, 1975, 
     Houston Texas Police Department.
       11 DIONICIO M CAMACHO, End of Watch: October 23, 2009, 
     Harris County, Texas, S.O.
       12. HENRY CANALES, End of Watch: June 23, 2009, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       13. FRANK MANUEL CANTU JR, End of Watch: March 25, 2004, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       14. E C CHAVEZ, End of Watch: September 17, 1925, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       15. CHARLES ROY CLARK, End of Watch: April 3, 2003, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       16. CHARLES ROBERT COATES II, End of Watch: February 23, 
     1983, Houston, Texas, P.D.
       17. PETE CORRALES, End of Watch: January 25, 1925, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       18. RUFUS E DANIELS, End of Watch: August 23, 1917, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       19. JOHNNIE DAVIDSON, End of Watch: February 19, 1921, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       20. WORTH DAVIS, End of Watch: June 17, 1928, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       21. KEITH ALAN DEES, End of Watch: March 7, 2002, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       22. REUBEN BECERRA DELEON, JR, End of Watch: October 26, 
     2005, Houston, Texas, P.D.
       23. WILLIAM EDWIN DELEON, End of Watch: March 29, 1982, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       24. FLOYD T DELOACH JR, End of Watch: June 30, 1965, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       25. GEORGE D EDWARDS, End of Watch: June 30, 1939, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       26. DAWN SUZANNE ERICKSON, End of Watch: December 24, 1995, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       27. J C ETHERIDGE, End of Watch: August 23, 1924, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       28. JAMES E FENN, End of Watch: March 14, 1891, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       29. E D FITZGERALD, End of Watch: September 30, 1930, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       30. C EDWARD FOLEY, End of Watch: March 10, 1860, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       31. JOSEPH ROBERT FREE, End of Watch: October 18, 1912, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       32. GUY P GADDIS, End of Watch: January 31, 1994, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       33. JAMES T GAMBILL, End of Watch: December 1, 1936, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       34. FLORENTINO M GARCIA JR, End of Watch: November 10, 
     1989, Houston, Texas, P.D.
       35. BEN EDDIE GERHART, End of Watch: June 26, 1968, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       36. G Q GONZALEZ, End of Watch: February 28, 1960, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       37. CHARLES R GOUGENHEIM, End of Watch: April 30, 1955, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       38. CARL GREENE, End of Watch: March 14, 1928, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       39. LEON GRIGGS, End of Watch: January 31, 1970, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       40. MARIA MICHELLE GROVES, End of Watch: April 10, 1987, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       41. GARY ALLEN GRYDER, End of Watch: June 29, 2008, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       42. ANTONIO GUZMAN JF, End of Watch: January 9, 1973, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       43. HOWARD B HAMMOND, End of Watch: August 18, 1946, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       44. JAMES DONALD HARRIS, End of Watch: July 13, 1982, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       45. DAVID MICHAEL HEALY, End of Watch: November 12, 1994, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       46. TIMOTHY A HEARN, End of Watch: June 8, 1978, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       47. OSCAR HOPE, End of Watch: June 22, 1929, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       48. ELSTON M HOWARD, End of Watch: July 20, 1988, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       49. DAVID HUERTA, End of Watch: September 19, 1973, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       50. JAMES BRUCE IRBY, End of Watch: June 27, 1990, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       51. BOBBY L JAMES, End of Watch: June 26, 1968, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       52. JOHN C JAMES, End of Watch: December 12, 1901, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       53. RODNEY JOSEPH JOHNSON, End of Watch: September 21, 
     2006, Houston, Texas, P.D.
       54. ED JONES, End of Watch: September 13, 1929, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       55. P P JONES, End of Watch: January 30, 1927, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       56. FRANK L KELLOGG, End of Watch: November 30, 1955, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       57. S A BUSTER KENT, End of Watch: January 12, 1954, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       58. JAMES F KILTY, End of Watch: April 8, 1976, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       59. KENT DEAN KINCAID, End of Watch: May 23, 1998, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       60. LOUIS R KUBA, End of Watch: May 17, 1967, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       61. J D LANDRY, End of Watch: December 3, 1930, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       62. ROBERT WAYNE LEE, End of Watch: January 31, 1971, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       63. FRED MADDOX JR, End of Watch: February 24, 1954, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       64. EYDELMEN MANI, End of Watch: May 19, 2010, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       65. A P MARSHALL, End of Watch: November 8, 1937, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       66. CHARLES R MCDANIEL, End of Watch: August 4, 1963, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       67. E G MEINKE, End of Watch: August 23, 1917, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.

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       68. HARRY MERENESS, End of Watch: October 18, 1933, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       69. NOEL R MILLER, End of Watch: June 6, 1958, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       70. KENNETH L MOODY, End of Watch: November 26, 1969, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       71. HORACE MOODY, End of Watch: August 23, 1917, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       72. WILLIAM MOSS, End of Watch: September 12, 1983, Houston 
     Airport Police, Texas.
       73. DAVE MURDOCK, End of Watch: June 27, 1921, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       74. WILLIAM E MURPHY, End of Watch: April 1, 1910, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       75. DAVID FRANKLIN NOEL, End of Watch: June 17, 1972, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       76. M E PALMER, End of Watch: March 24, 1938, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       77. ISAAC PARSON, End of Watch: May 24, 1914, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       78. ROSS PATTON, End of Watch: August 23, 1917, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       79. W B PHARES, End of Watch: September 30, 1930, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       80. HERBERT N PLANER, End of Watch: February 18, 1965, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       81. IRA RANEY, End of Watch: August 23, 1917, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       82. WINSTON J RAWLINGS, End of Watch: March 29, 1982, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       83. JERRY LAWRENCE RILEY, End of Watch: June 18, 1974, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       84. JOHN CHARLES RISLEY, End of Watch: October 23, 2000, 
     Harris County, Texas, S.O.
       85. SANDRA ANN ROBBINS, End of Watch: March 17, 1991, South 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       86. GEORGE G ROJAS, End of Watch: January 28, 1976, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       87. MICHAEL P ROMAN, End of Watch: January 6, 1994, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       88. JOHN ANTHONY SALVAGGIO, End of Watch: November 25, 
     1990, Houston, Texas, P.D.
       89. LOUIS L SANDER, End of Watch: January 21, 1967, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       90. JEFFERY SCOTT SANFORD, End of Watch: September 14, 
     1991, Harris County, Texas, S.O.
       91. KATHLEEN C SCHAEFER, End of Watch: August 18, 1982, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       92. ROBERT SCHULTEA, End of Watch: August 25, 1956, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       93. DARYL WAYNE SHIRLEY, End of Watch: April 28, 1982, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       94. RICHARD SNOW, End of Watch: March 17, 1882, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       95. BRUNO DAVID SOBOLESKI, End of Watch: April 12, 1991, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       96. JERRY LEON SPRUILL, End of Watch: October 27, 1972, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       97. R H SULLIVAN, End of Watch: March 9, 1935, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       98. JOHN W SUTTLE, End of Watch: August 3, 1959, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       99. CUONG HUY TRINH, End of Watch: April 6, 1997, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       l00. ALBERTO VASQUEZ, End of Watch: May 22, 2001, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       101. JAMES T WALKER, End of Watch: March 8, 1963, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       102. VICTOR R WELLS III, End of Watch: October 2, 1980, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       103. R O WELLS, End of Watch: July 30, 1927, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       104. ALBERT CHARLES WILKINS, End of Watch: January 6, 1978, 
     Harris County, Texas, C.O.
       105. KEVIN SCOTT WILL, End of Watch: May 29, 2011, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       106. HENRY WILLIAMS, End of Watch: February 8, 1886, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       107. WILLIAM C WILLIAMS JR, End of Watch: April 16, 1930, 
     Harris County, Texas, S.O.
       108. EDD WILLIAMS, End of Watch: January 12, 1974, Harris 
     County, Texas, S.O.
       109. JAMES FRANKLIN WILLIS, End of Watch: July 1, 1964, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       110. MARVIN ALTON WINTER, End of Watch: December 4, 1937, 
     Harris County, Texas, C.O., Pct. 4
       111. ANDREW WINZER, End of Watch: February 18, 1988, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       112. JETER YOUNG, End of Watch: June 19, 1921, Houston, 
     Texas, P.D.
       113. HERMAN YOUNGST, End of Watch: December 12, 1901, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.
       114. JOE A ZAMARRON, 60-W: 2, End of Watch: April 18, 1981, 
     Houston, Texas, P.D.

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