Political Quotes

“under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the families of any police officer, federal law enforcement officer, parole officer and firefighter, killed in the line of duty are entitled to compensation. These unsung heros will have the assurance of knowing that in the event of their death in the line of duty their lived ones will be taken care of with the one-time $250,000 federal death benefit. The families of police and fire chaplains should be entitled to this same benefit. When I first came to Congress in 1993, I was approached by a constituent, Rockford Police Chaplain Father William Wentink, who asked that I consider working to include in this benefit police and fire chaplains killed in the line of duty. Police and fire chaplains share the same on-the-job dangers as their colleagues. These men and women go to work every day and perform their duties diligently and quietly, responding to the same crime and fire scenes as their co-workers. Most chaplains are volunteers. This year, H.R. 3297 is named for one of our fallen heros, Father Mychal Judge, who, in response to the vicious September 11th terrorist attacks, died while serving his city and his nation in his capacity of a fire chaplain in the New York Fire Department.”