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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.
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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.
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. CANT-
WELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CAS-
SIDY, 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. LUJA´N, Mr.
LUMMIS, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MARSHALL, Mr. MENENDEZ,
Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MUR-
RAY, 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 Caro-
lina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABE-
NOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr.
TOOMEY, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WAR-
REN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG)
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of
the United States Capitol Police for his selfless acts
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•SRES 5 ATS
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 Jer-
sey Air National Guard both on American soil and in
overseas deployments, from 1997 until his honorable dis-
charge 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 at-
tacked the United States Capitol with the goal of dis-
rupting 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, col-
lapsed, and was taken to a local hospital where he suc-
cumbed to his injuries;
Whereas Officer Sicknick is survived by family and loved
ones, including his parents, Charles and Gladys, 2 broth-
ers, Ken and Craig, his longtime girlfriend of 11 years,
Sandra Garza, his Aunt Alberta, Uncle Ray, Cousin
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Aaron, Aunt Elaine, and 2 dachshunds, Sparky and Peb-
bles; and
Whereas Officer Sicknick, his colleagues at the United States
Capitol Police, and their Federal and local law enforce-
ment partners who responded to the attack on the Cap-
itol, and National Guard partners are true national he-
roes to whom the United States owes a deep debt of grat-
itude: Now, therefore be it
Resolved, That—
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(1) the Senate—
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(A) honors the memory of United States
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Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick for the
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selfless acts of heroism displayed on January 6,
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2021, in risking and sacrificing his life in the
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line of duty;
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(B) calls upon the appropriate law enforce-
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ment agencies to investigate and bring to jus-
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tice those responsible for the January 6, 2021,
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attack on the United States Capitol and the
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death of Officer Sicknick; and
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(C) respectfully requests that the Secretary
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of the Senate—
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(i) communicate this resolution to the
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House of Representatives; and
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(ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this
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resolution to the family of United States
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Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick;
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and
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(2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand
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adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem-
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ory of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D.
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Sicknick.
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