    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [October 6, 1997]
    [Page 1303]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing Legislation Designating the Federal Bureau of
    Investigation, Washington Field Office Memorial Building
    October 6, 1997

        Today I am pleased to have signed into law H.R. 2443, a bill that
    would designate the new Washington, D.C., field office of the Federal
    Bureau of Investigation as the ``Federal Bureau of Investigation,
    Washington Field Office Memorial Building.'' The new building is so
    named in honor of the five FBI agents who have been killed in the line
    of duty while assigned to the FBI's Washington field office: William H.
    Christian, Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. Miller, Anthony
    Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe.
        Naming the FBI's new field office in honor of these brave and
    courageous FBI employees is a reminder to us all of the difficult and
    dangerous job that FBI agents do--day in and day out.
        In establishing this permanent memorial, we do well to remember--and
    be grateful for--the lives of all Federal, State, and local law
    enforcement personnel who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the
    performance of their duties.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    October 6, 1997.

    Note: H.R. 2443, approved October 6, was assigned Public Law No. 105-52.