September 27, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 157 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8073-H8074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF DON KENNEDY

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the career of a 
pillar of New England's law enforcement community. Don Kennedy served 
with honor in the Rhode Island State Police for 24 years before 
retiring as a captain in 1998.
  When he left the force, he did not leave his brethren in blue, 
though. Rather, for more than two decades, he has guided the work of 
the New England State Police Information Network, or NESPIN. As deputy 
director of field services, he helped departments across the Nation 
with investigations, and he will be retiring as executive director of 
the program.
  Don has been a great advocate for the Federal Regional Information 
Sharing Systems program that helps fund NESPIN. From Don, I have 
learned the

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immense value of networking State police resources, and my friend Mr. 
King from New York and I have helped ensure the program is 
appropriately funded by Congress.
  Don's legacy will live on in the RISS programs that he has helped 
support and the communities made safer by them. As a fellow Rhode 
Islander, I wish him the best of luck in this exciting, new, and 
forthcoming chapter of his life as he enters retirement.

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