[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 3 (Thursday, January 20, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E50]
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 TRIBUTE TO RETIRING FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION KANSAS CITY DISTRICT 
                         DIRECTOR BILL SEDGWICK

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 20, 2005

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, Charles W. (Bill) Sedgwick is 
retiring after more than 40 years of distinguished service with the 
Food and Drug Administration. His career began on June 7, 1964, as an 
investigator for the Kansas City District. From beginning to end, Bill 
sharpened his skills through work performed in a variety of locations; 
Kansas City, Omaha, Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Cincinnati. His dream 
was fulfilled, with the help of countless mentors and friends, as he 
began service as the Kansas City District Director in June of 2000.
  Highlights of his work include cases involved with filth and quack 
drugs; instruction presented on law and evidence to the Southwest and 
Southeast Regions; work on criminal cases involving illegal 
distribution of steroids and other enhancement drugs; work with other 
federal agents and the U.S. Attorney to prepare search warrants and 
collect undercover evidence for presentation to a grand jury; 
development of significant case law which permitted not just the FDA, 
but other federal agencies, to charge defendants with defrauding the 
government; a commissioner's commendation for critical work performed 
with state partners to improve the FDA's relationship, working 
particularly in Texas and New Mexico; criminal investigative work in 
Cincinnati that resulted in the indictment, prosecution and prison 
terms of seven defendants involved in a major criminal enterprise which 
produced over 200 million pounds of phony orange juice; receipt of the 
FDA Award of Merit (2002) and the ORA Quality of Worklife Award (2003) 
for his leadership in Kansas City.
  After his retirement, Bill intends to spend time with his family, 
doing anything his wife, Suzanne, tells him to do. He plans to oversee 
church construction projects, remodel old houses and travel with his 
wife. I am pleased to have this opportunity to publicly commend this 
selfless and dedicated public servant on the occasion of his 
retirement. Bill Sedgwick embodies the work done so well by millions of 
American public servants on behalf of our nation on a daily basis, with 
little hope of public appreciation or appropriate tangible reward. On 
behalf of the people of Kansas' Third District, I thank Bill Sedgwick 
for his lifetime of public service and wish him well on his well-earned 
retirement.