[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 130 (Monday, October 11, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING PATRICA G. CLOTHIER'S DEDICATION TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
                             INVESTIGATION

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 8, 2004

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Patricia 
Clothier for more than twenty three years of dedicated service to the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  Patricia Clothier was sworn into the FBI on April 6, 1981. Since 
then, she has worked from the Phoenix, Charleston, South Carolina, and 
Los Angeles Divisions throughout her career with the Bureau in addition 
to traveling to several countries to conduct field work. Beginning as 
an agent working against organized crime, Clothier worked on anti-
narcotic and anti-corruption cases, including specific cases against 
the Mexican Mafia and Hell's Angels. Becoming the first female bomb 
technician only seven years after she became an agent, Clothier was 
deployed to many sites to work on high-profile cases, including the 
terrorist bombings at the U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and the 
Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing.
  Clothier traveled to Montana to collect information from the cabin 
for the case against Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber. Ms. 
Clothier retired earlier this fall as a supervisor in charge of the 
Counter Terrorism Squad and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Her fellow 
agents looked to her as a supervisor who brought an ultimate sense of 
loyalty to the FBI in addition to someone who always stood strong for 
her beliefs while also being there to coach newer agents. Clothier 
remained a field agent even as a veteran to the Bureau, which only 
bolstered her credibility among the law enforcement community and 
colleagues.
  I ask all members of Congress to join me today in congratulating 
Patricia Clothier for her exemplary professional and public service 
career, and for her immense dedication to the community and the nation.




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