[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E824]
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 RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LAREDO FBI SUPERVISORY SENIOR AGENT 
                           NORMAN A. TOWNSEND

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 31, 2009

  Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Norman A. 
Townsend for his service to the people of the State of Texas and the 
nation as a whole. As he prepares to move forward with his career of 
public service with the FBI, we proudly honor him for his five years of 
service to the Laredo Resident Agency where he has served as a senior 
supervisory agent.
  Mr. Townsend earned a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a Master's 
in Criminology from Central Oklahoma University in Edmond before he 
began his career with the FBI on July 5, 1977. He worked as a 
fingerprint examiner and an accounting technician in Oklahoma City 
before attending the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 1984. Later 
that year he was assigned as a special agent to the Houston Division in 
Beaumont, Texas where he performed a number of investigations and 
continued his dedicated service to the bureau.
  On August 4, 2003, Mr. Townsend transferred to the San Antonio 
Division in Laredo, Texas where he worked as a Supervisory Senior 
Agent. For the past five years, he has served the community, the state, 
and our country under the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Laredo. He 
has supervised agents, task force officers, and support personnel as 
they conducted investigations on public corruption, white collar crime, 
and joint task force terrorist investigations.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring Norman Townsend for his 
five years of dedicated service to the FBI Laredo Resident Agency and 
his 31 years of service to the FBI as he prepares to move forward with 
his career in the bureau.

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