Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1299) supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1299 Whereas there are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers in the United States, 12 percent of whom are women; Whereas law enforcement officers selflessly protect the people of the United States and their communities; Whereas law enforcement officers serve the country in spite of the inherent danger of their service; Whereas more than 18,600 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty in the United States since the first recorded police death in 1792; Whereas 72 law enforcement officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, making that day the deadliest in law enforcement history; Whereas 125 law enforcement officers were killed in 2009; Whereas, on March 21, 2009, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege and Sergeants Ervin Romans and Dan Sakai of the Oakland Police Department in California were shot and killed by the same gunman in two separate attacks; Whereas, on November 29, 2009, Sergeant Mark Renniger and Officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens II, and Greg Richards of the Lakewood Police Department in the State of Washington were shot and killed as they sat in a coffee shop; Whereas Public Law 87-726 designates May 15th of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Da…”