[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 72 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CHRIS SWECKER

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                        HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 7, 2006

  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor and recognize Chris 
Swecker, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Assistant Director for 
the Criminal Investigative Division and Acting Executive Assistant 
Director for Law Enforcement Services. On July 13, 2006, Agent Swecker 
will be retiring from the FBI. His years of service to America have 
been invaluable, and he will be missed.
  Assistant Director Chris Swecker has served in the FBI since June 13, 
1982. In his early years in the Bureau, he served as a special agent in 
Charlotte, North Carolina and in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Later, he 
served as a supervisor in the Civil Litigation Unit, Legal Council 
Division, at FBI Headquarters, as acting Special Agent in charge in 
Miami and Houston, and as an Inspector with the Inspection Division. He 
later returned back to Charlotte, North Carolina, to serve as Special 
Agent in Charge from 1999 to 2004. In 2004, he was promoted to 
Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division. He has also 
been serving as Acting Executive Assistant Director for Law Enforcement 
Services since February of 2006.
  Chris has served our country in all these different roles with honor 
and distinction. His work has made America a safer place. During his 
time in the FBI, he dismantled a Hezbollah terror cell in Charlotte, 
served as the commander of FBI operations in Iraq, and captured the top 
10 fugitive Eric Rudolph. In addition, he has helped streamline and 
upgrade the criminal investigation divisions in the FBI so that they 
are more efficient and effective. He has fought public corruption, 
violent gangs, has protected America's children, and has even formed 
special child abduction response teams.
  Chris has accomplished all this, while being a loving husband and a 
father to three daughters. I know I speak for everyone back home when I 
say thank you Chris, for all your hard work. We are safer because of 
you. Congratulations on your retirement, and best of luck.

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