Connie Morella: “as an original cosponsor of House Joint Resolution 138, the House counterpart to Senate Joint Resolution 56, and as a…”

“as an original cosponsor of House Joint Resolution 138, the House counterpart to Senate Joint Resolution 56, and as a Member of the congressional fire services caucus, it is my pleasure to rise in support of this legislation to designate the week beginning April 12, 1994, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Public safety telecommunicators are the driving force behind our Nation's emergency rescue services. They are the men and women who dispatch our police forces, our ambulances, our firefighters. Although they are not as visible as the men and women who arrive at the scene of emergencies, they are just as important. We depend upon public safety telecommunicators to notify emergency personnel promptly, clear, and calmly. We depend upon them to keep our spouses and our children calm and assured in an emergency. We depend upon them for guidance and support in our most frantic moments. Mr. Speaker, some of us have been lucky enough not to have had to dial 911 in the middle of a fire, a robbery, or a medical emergency. But for the millions of Americans who have faced such an emergency, public safety telecommunicators have been there--ready and willing to help. It is, indeed, fitting that we take time to recognize their invaluable contribution to our daily lives, and I am very pleased to support the designation of the week beginning April 12, 1994, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.”