Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of National Police Week. Each May, our Nation comes together to recognize the service and profound commitment of our police officers, to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and to recommit ourselves to the ideals and laws of our Nation that these fine men and women in uniform are tasked to uphold. But the dedication and sacrifices of our brave officers deserves to be respected and honored, not just in one week out of the year, but every single day, both in this Chamber and across our country. Time and time again, officers across our Nation are met with the greatest threats of danger, and they face them with the greatest displays of courage, honor, and dignity. Mr. Speaker, my great-uncle, Philip Fitzpatrick, was a proud patrolman with the NYPD. He was also a poet, often writing about the world he knew as--what he referred to--a soldier of peace. As I have taken time to reflect during this police week, I found myself thinking of him and a line from one of his poems: ``When he kisses his wife and children good-bye, there's a chance he will see them no more.'' Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, these words were true for my family and for so many families in our Nation. This month marks 74 years since my great-uncle Phil was shot while attempting to disarm a robber at a Manhattan bar, a fatal injury he succumbed to days later.…”