Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, last November, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Police Officer Scott Bashioum was shot and killed as he and his partner responded to a domestic disturbance call. They were ambushed as they approached the home. Officer Bashioum was also a United States Air Force veteran. He retired as a senior master sergeant with 29 years of service. He will be remembered for his service both in the Canonsburg community as a police officer, and to the country as a veteran. Mr. Speaker, when our brothers and sisters are killed in the line of duty, we can memorialize them by building monuments. We can remember them by renaming buildings. We can support them by raising funds to help their widows and their orphaned children. {time} 1530 But most importantly, we can make sure we do all we can so that they return home at the end of their watch and that we protect their right to raise their children and their children's right to be raised by them. The community needs to know that we do all we can to make sure that thin blue line does not break and that thin blue line does not bend. We need to work together as a nation to protect those who protect the safety of all of us.”