[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S2753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO THOMAS MORRIS GRIFFIN

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the extraordinary 
work of Thomas Morris Griffin, Jr., during his 12 years with the U.S. 
Secret Service.
  In his prior positions, Special Agent Griffin was assigned to train 
agents, handle daily operations of the First Lady Whip and protect the 
President of the United States. Special Agent Griffin began his law 
enforcement career in 1985 at the Richland County Sheriff's Office in 
Columbia, SC. This department of more than 300 sworn officers served a 
county of more than 300,000 citizens. At that agency, he served as a 
detective and sergeant in the Major Crimes Unit and as a team leader in 
the narcotic division. Special Agent Griffin also served as a Sheriff's 
Deputy with the uniform division, greatly enhancing the safety and 
security of Columbia, SC.
  Special Agent Griffin received his bachelor of science in criminal 
justice from the University of South Carolina, received hundreds of 
hours of training as a special agent, and was duly recognized in 1994 
with the Medal of Valor for hunting down and exchanging fire with a 
murderer who had shot three people, killing two of them.
  Special Agent Griffin's work at the Capitol since 2007 has greatly 
enhanced the safety and security of United States Secret Service 
protectees and, ultimately, those working in and visiting the Capitol 
complex. He has cultivated and maintained partnerships with the United 
States Capitol Police, and the offices of the Senate Sergeant and Arms 
and House Sergeant at Arms. Through these relationships, the needs of 
the United States Secret Service protective missions are communicated 
and security plans coordinated. As he is promoted to special agent-in-
charge, Special Agent Griffin leaves the United States Capitol where he 
has forged great partnerships as the assistant to the special agent-in-
charge of the United States Secret Service Liaison Division.
  I wish Special Agent Griffin all the best in his promotion and new 
assignment.

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