[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 128 (Thursday, October 3, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DEBBIE FOWLER

 Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize a woman who last week went to work like she does every day, 
but returned home as a hero.
  Debbie Fowler serves at the Veterans Administration Medical Clinic in 
Colorado Springs as the Homeless Program Assistant. On Tuesday, 
September 24, Debbie made a call to a VA clinic in Arizona trying to 
locate some hospital records of a gentleman who had just checked into 
Debbie's place of work. Her phone call confirmed that the man who had 
just entered the clinic was wanted for at least 14 sexual assaults in 
Arizona, California, Oklahoma, and Nevada.
  Knowing the type of criminal that was in her midst, Debbie was told 
by U.S. Marshals over the telephone to keep him in the clinic. With 
remarkable poise, Ms. Fowler was able to persuade the man to stay. 
Local police soon arrived at the clinic and apprehended the man, and 
commended Debbie for a job well done. Families of the victims have 
called Debbie a hero for what she did, and I concur. Although this 
women humbly declined that title, I would like to thank Ms. Fowler for 
her efforts and her bravery.

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