Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to honor Detective Brandon Moore, of the Morrow County, OH, Sheriff's Department and Ohio's first recipient of the Congressional Badge of Bravery. Established in 2008, the Congressional Badge of Bravery is an annual award from the U.S. Attorney General to public safety officers who display bravery in the line of duty. Earlier this month, Congressman Jim Jordan and I had the honor of presenting the award to Detective Moore, along with Morrow County Sheriff Steven Brenneman and sheriffs and law enforcement officers from across central Ohio. It was an honor to meet Detective Moore--to hear his story of heroism and to see his humility firsthand. In October 2010, Detective Moore was shot multiple times and nearly killed in the line of duty during an ambush and firefight. When you hear about what happened, you can imagine the scene. Then-Deputy Sheriff Moore received a report of neighbors engaged in a property dispute. He traveled to the scene. But in the course of the investigation, he suspected criminal drug activity in one of the homes. The story quickly turned to the unimaginable. One of the neighbors came out of his house with an assault rifle and started firing. Detective Moore was shot in the groin, leg, foot, and abdomen. As Detective Moore has described it, the normal reaction of fear, shock, doubt, and panic was overwhelmed by a calmness that only highly- skilled police training could provide.…”