[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E59]
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   HONORING FORMER COLORADO LEGISLATOR AND FBI SPECIAL AGENT, ROBERT 
                                 DeNIER

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 2, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
a true advocate of crime prevention.
  Robert DeNier has played a role in trying to stop criminal activity 
in Southwestern Colorado for most of his life. Robert served as a 
special agent in the FBI for 27 years. During that time, he worked hard 
to eliminate crime.
  Robert also served in the Colorado State House of Representatives 
from 1976 to 1982 and in the State Senate from 1986 to 1990. While in 
office, Robert tried to pass legislation appropriating funds to be 
designated for youth crime intervention. Legislation on the issue never 
passed while Robert was in office. However, in 1995, under a bill co-
sponsored by State Senator Jim Dyer and State Senator Ben Alexander, 
legislation and an appropriation to build a detention center passed 
through both houses and became reality.
  The center is located in Durango and, after a unanimous vote of the 
Colorado General Assembly, is named after Robert. The Robert DeNier 
Youth Services Center was opened on January 25, 2000.
  It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I would like to offer this tribute 
in honor and thanks to Robert DeNier, a man that is dedicated to making 
Colorado a better place to live.

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