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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor honoring Michael Andrew Hanson, a fallen U.S. Deputy Marshal from the Western District of Louisiana. Cassidy honored Deputy Hanson for his service to the state of Louisiana and asked for a moment of silence for Hanson’s family, friends, and community.
“Hanson displayed the greatest love: love for his country, love for justice, and love for others,” said Dr. Cassidy.
Cassidy’s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:
Mr. President,
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Deputy U.S. Marshal Drew Hanson was a member of the Western District of Louisiana’s Fugitive Task Force.
He was a husband.
He was a father.
He was shot and killed while arresting a man on sexual battery charges.
Mr. President,
Deputy Hanson displayed the greatest love: love for his country, love for justice, and love for others.
The man who murdered him took his life, yes.
But no criminal, no weapon can take a man’s honor, courage, or legacy.
Now, a moment of silence for Drew’s family, friends, and community.
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