[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1519]
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       HONORING ASSISTANT CHIEF BORDER PATROL AGENT WILLIE BARBER

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 30, 2010

  Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the retirement 
of Assistant Chief Border Patrol Agent Willie Barber of the Laredo, 
Texas Sector Border Patrol. Mr. Barber has recently retired with a 
total of 31 years of government service to our great Nation.
  Willie Barber was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He has spent his 
career in 6 cities, driven by his devotion to service to our country. 
Agent Barber and his wife, Maria L. De La Rosa, have two children, 
Willie III and Renee DeLu.
  He began his career by serving 8\1/2\ years in the United States Air 
Force. He joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1988 and worked 7\1/2\ years 
in the station of Rio Grande City, Texas. He was later stationed in 
Brownsville, Texas, where he served as a Supervisory Border Patrol 
Agent. Following that, Agent Barber worked in Douglas, Arizona, as a 
Field Operations Supervisor. Afterwards, he traveled to El Paso, Texas, 
where he worked as Special Operations Supervisor. Barber then worked in 
Washington, DC, as an Assistant Chief in the Office of Border Patrol. 
Most recently, Agent Barber served as Assistant Chief Patrol Agent of 
the Laredo, Texas Sector Border Patrol.
  Agent Barber is a 2008 distinguished graduate of Harvard University's 
``Senior Executive Fellows'' program and a 2004 graduate of the 
University of Texas at El Paso.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to have had the time to recognize the 
dedication, commitment and leadership of Assistant Chief Border Patrol 
Agent Willie Barber.

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