Josh Gottheimer: “I want to thank Congressman Rutherford, my good friend, and Congresswoman Hill of California for co-hosting this…”

“I want to thank Congressman Rutherford, my good friend, and Congresswoman Hill of California for co-hosting this bipartisan Special Order hour in honor of our law enforcement officers. I am proud to serve with you both as a member of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, co-chaired by our friend, Congressman Bill Pascrell. Madam Speaker, we are here today to commemorate Police Week and to honor all the brave law enforcement officers in New Jersey and across the country who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities. They get our backs, and we should always get theirs. There is nothing partisan about that. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy declared May 15 to be Police Officers Memorial Day and this week to be Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. Already this year, 43 police officers have died in the line of duty across the United States. We will never forget their bravery, service, and sacrifice. May God bless them and their families. Madam Speaker, police officers are America's heroes, and I am so deeply grateful to all law enforcement officers, Federal, State, and local, for what they do day in and day out, especially those in New Jersey's Fifth District, my district, and across our State.…”