[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 122 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1551-E1552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN RECOGNITION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION'S 100TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. JUDY BIGGERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 24, 2008

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 100th 
anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to thank the men 
and women of the Bureau for their dedicated service to the American 
people. Over the last century, the FBI has been

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an unwavering and powerful force in the ongoing struggle to protect the 
United States from terrorism and enforce our laws against increasingly 
sophisticated criminal forces.
  Formed in 1908 when then-U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte 
asked Stanley W. Finch to lead the Department of Justice's primary 
investigative division, the FBI began as a relatively small team of 34 
Federal agents with no special name or designation. Over time, it grew 
into a strong and effective leader among U.S. law enforcement 
organizations.
  Today, the FBI has 56 field offices here in the United States, as 
well as close to 65 legal attache offices across the world. The Bureau 
employs roughly 30,000 people, 12,000 of whom are sworn Special Agents. 
All of these highly-trained men and women deserve our deep gratitude 
and respect for putting their lives on the line each and every day to 
protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic. I also would 
like to express my thanks to FBI Director Robert Mueller for his 
steadfast leadership of this dedicated group.
  My home district, the 13th of Illinois, falls under the jurisdiction 
of the FBI's Chicago Division. I would especially like to thank the men 
and women of that office who have dedicated their careers to the 
protection of individuals and families--including my own--that reside 
in the Chicago region.
  Under the capable leadership of Special Agent In-Charge Robert D. 
Grant and Assistant Special Agents In-Charge Bob Holly, Mitch Marrone, 
Bob Shields, Bill Monroe, and Arthur Everett, the highly-regarded 
Chicago Division has been a powerful force against criminal elements 
both in the city and throughout northern Illinois.
  This Friday, July 25th, the Chicago Field Office will join the 
Chicago chapter of the FBI Citizen's Academy Alumni Association at 
Chicago's Navy Pier to celebrate the Bureau's 100-year anniversary. I 
wish them and all of the other field offices and alumni chapters 
celebrating this milestone the best as they toast to their past and 
look forward to future success.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating the 
FBI on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary, and thank the men and 
women--both those serving today and those who sacrificed so much for us 
in the past--for their tireless service. Truly, they have fulfilled 
their duties in accordance with the Bureau's long-held motto of 
``fidelity, bravery, and integrity.''

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