Title: A resolution honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of the United States Capitol Police for his selfless acts of heroism on the grounds of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution honors the memory of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick for sacrificing his life in the line of duty on January 6, 2021, and it calls for justice to be brought to those responsible for the attack on the Capitol and the death of Officer Sicknick.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 5 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 5

   Honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of the United 
 States Capitol Police for his selfless acts of heroism on the grounds 
            of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 2021

Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
  Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, 
Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
 Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. 
  Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, 
  Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Lummis, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mrs. 
  Marshall, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
 Risch, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
 Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
  Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
     Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
 Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the following resolution; 
                   which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of the United 
 States Capitol Police for his selfless acts of heroism on the grounds 
            of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Whereas Brian David Sicknick was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1978, the 
        youngest of 3 sons to Gladys and Charles Sicknick;
Whereas Officer Sicknick served his country in the New Jersey Air National Guard 
        both on American soil and in overseas deployments, from 1997 until his 
        honorable discharge in 2003;
Whereas Officer Sicknick joined the United States Capitol Police in July, 2008 
        and served most recently in the First Responder's Unit;
Whereas a joint session of Congress met in the United States Capitol on January 
        6, 2021, for the purpose of counting the votes of the Electoral College 
        in the 2020 presidential election, as required by the Constitution of 
        the United States;
Whereas on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, rioters attacked the United States 
        Capitol with the goal of disrupting the counting of the electoral votes;
Whereas Officer Sicknick responded to these riots bravely and was seriously 
        injured in the course of his duty;
Whereas Officer Sicknick returned to his division office, collapsed, and was 
        taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries;
Whereas Officer Sicknick is survived by family and loved ones, including his 
        parents, Charles and Gladys, 2 brothers, Ken and Craig, his longtime 
        girlfriend of 11 years, Sandra Garza, his Aunt Alberta, Uncle Ray, 
        Cousin Aaron, Aunt Elaine, and 2 dachshunds, Sparky and Pebbles; and
Whereas Officer Sicknick, his colleagues at the United States Capitol Police, 
        and their Federal and local law enforcement partners who responded to 
        the attack on the Capitol, and National Guard partners are true national 
        heroes to whom the United States owes a deep debt of gratitude: Now, 
        therefore be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate--
                    (A) honors the memory of United States Capitol 
                Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick for the selfless acts 
                of heroism displayed on January 6, 2021, in risking and 
                sacrificing his life in the line of duty;
                    (B) calls upon the appropriate law enforcement 
                agencies to investigate and bring to justice those 
                responsible for the January 6, 2021, attack on the 
                United States Capitol and the death of Officer 
                Sicknick; and
                    (C) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
                Senate--
                            (i) communicate this resolution to the 
                        House of Representatives; and
                            (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this 
                        resolution to the family of United States 
                        Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
        further mark of respect to the memory of United States Capitol 
        Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick.
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