On the recordMay 17, 2023
As we are in the midst of National Police Week, on Thursday, riding bicycles with the Capitol Police and Speaker McCarthy, from the steps of the Capitol Building to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I couldn't help but think back to the day when I took the oath to become a member of the New York City Police Department. Upon my many visits to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I think back to the inscription underneath the lion that says: ``It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.'' Madam Speaker, I recognize the heroes that were added to the wall from my district, representing the Nassau County Police Department: Hector Nunez, Matt Perlungher, Charles Vroom, IV, and Robert Negri. Their families were here on Capitol Hill this week to watch as their loved ones were added to the wall. Madam Speaker, we are reminded each day that it wasn't how they died that made them heroes, it was how they lived. ____________________
