,,iv  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #ah1     
#bjae ,mr4 ,fleming 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,mooney of 
,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4      
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,rothfus1 ,mr4 ,harris1   
,mr4 ,flores1 and ,mr4 ,culberson7      
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform      
,,resolution  ,calling upon the         
,president to declare a ,national ,day  
of ,prayer to end targeted violence     
against law enforcement officers and    
schedule appropriate public events in   
support of such a day4  ,whereas all    
human lives have dignity and worth and  
are deserving of protection under the   
law2 ,whereas a pattern of violence is  
emerging against police officers in     
which officers are targeted for wearing 
a police uniform and performing their   
legitimate duties under the law2        
,whereas1 on ,august #bh1 #bjae1 ,deputy

 ,sheriff ,darren ,h4 ,goforth was      
targeted and assassinated in ,harris    
,county1 ,texas1 while wearing his      
police uniform2 ,whereas gunfire was    
directed at police officers during      
protests in ,ferguson1 ,missouri1 on    
,march #ab1 #bjae1 and ,august #i1      
#bjae2 ,whereas ,new ,york ,city ,police
 ,department officers ,rafael ,ramos and
 ,wenjian ,liu were targeted and        
assassinated in ,new ,york1 ,new ,york1 
while they sat in a patrol car on       
,december #bj1 #bjad2 ,whereas law      
enforcement is a dangerous profession   
under any circumstances1 but this       
pattern of attacks makes the job even   
more dangerous2 ,whereas the number of  
police officers killed by firearms      
increased by #ef percent between #bjac  
and #bjad2 and ,whereas ambush killings 
were the leading cause of police officer
 fatalities in firearm-related deaths in
 #bjad3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that   
the ,house of ,representatives calls    
upon the ,president to declare a        

,national ,day of ,prayer to end        
targeted violence against law           
enforcement officers and schedule       
appropriate public events in support of 
such a day4