House Proceeding 03-31-09 on Mar 31st, 2009 :: 0:26:50 to 0:30:30
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Bart Stupak: i join all of northern california and the nation in mourning their loss and honoring their heroes. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from michigan. mr. poe: i continue to reserve my time. mr. conyers: madam speaker, i'm

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: pleased to recognize the member of the michigan delegation that represents the upper peninsula, batter stupak, and he's a former law enforcement person himself. as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. stupak: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the chairman for

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Bart Stupak: yielding to me. as i rise in support of this resolution to pay tribute to four oakland police department officers who were fatally shot in the line of duty on march 21. sergeants mark dunakin, ervin romans, daniel sue die -- sakai and john hege were brutally murdered on a saturday afternoon during the course of what began as a routine traffic stop and

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Bart Stupak: resulted in a massive manhunt. the shootings weren't the deadliest for law enforment since 9/11 and the deadliest in california in 40 years. although these tragic events occurred more than 2,000 miles from my district, the people of northern michigan joined oakland, california, and the nation in paying tribute to these true heroes.

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Bart Stupak: sergeant ervin romans, who died of gunshot wounds in the second of two shooting instances on that tragic day, is the son of chester and suko romans of michigan's upper peninsula. family and friends in ironwood and across the upper peninsula have in recent days shared fond memories of sergeant romans. although he was living and

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Bart Stupak: working in california as a swat team leader for the oakland police department, sergeant romans grew up in ironwood where he graduated from luther l. wright high school in 1983 before leaving to become a decorated marine. after his service to our nation in the marine corps and as an oakland housing authority police officer, romans dreamed of joining the oakland police department.

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Bart Stupak: that dream came true in 1996. 1999, romans received the department's highest honor, the medal of valor for helping save residents in a west oakland fire. he was promoted to sergeant in 2005 and worked narcotic cas and on the crime reduction team which was worked to combat street level narcotic problems and associated violence.

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Bart Stupak: ervin romans was also a firing range master sergeant. sergeant romans was one of the swat tm members who on march 21 stormed the apartment where parolee and suspect nixon was hiding in the closet. sergeant romans was shot inside the apartment and died of gunshot wounds later that day. ervin or erv to his family and

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Bart Stupak: friends was a son, husband and father of three. lived in danville, california, with his wife, laura, and three children, christina, justin and kayla. childhood friends and family remaining in the ironwood area will pay tribute to sarnl romans at a funeral service in ironwood on april 4. as a former city police officer and michigan state police

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Bart Stupak: enforcement is especially painful. when i came to congress i found the law enforcement caucus which exitchts to advocate police officers and families all across our country. this shooting reminds us of how men and women in law enforcement face unknown dangers every day to keep us safe and our families safer. like so many law enforcement officers acrosour country,

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Bart Stupak: sergeants romans, dunakin, sakai and hege dedicated their lives to our safety. madam speaker, i join congresswoman lee and all of my colleagues in honoring these men for