[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13] [House] [Page 17420] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]COMMENDING SANTA ANA POLICE DETECTIVE CHUCK SALLE (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, on May 18, 2007, a young mother was executed in cold blood by her former live-in boyfriend. The woman's 11-year-old daughter was in the house and heard her mother begging for her life, then a pause, then a gunshot, and then silence. Santa Ana Police Detective Chuck Salle, badge number 2005, was on assignment to the United States Marshall's Fugitive Task Force and was tasked with tracking down and arresting that suspect. Task force members located the suspect in a crowded restaurant and arranged a meeting away from the public area. Detective Salle approached the suspect, identified himself as a police officer, and the suspect pointed his gun directly at Salle's head and fired. The bullet missed, officers returned fire, and the suspect fell to the ground fatally wounded. Today, the Treasury Department will recognize Officer Salle with the highest valor award that they honor ATF agents with. Today, I publicly commend and thank Detective Salle, the United States Marshall's Fugitive Task Force, and law enforcement officers all across this great Nation for their efforts in protecting and serving our communities, day or night, rain or shine, every minute of the day. ____________________