[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1226-E1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RETIREMENT OF FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and thank Robert Mueller 
for his service to our country. Mr. Mueller has served as director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since September 4, 2001, and 
will be retiring before the Congress returns in September. I have had 
the privilege of working with Director Mueller as the chairman of the 
Appropriations subcommittee that funds the FBI and firmly believe he is 
the best director in the more than hundred-year history of the Bureau.
  I want to also recognize his wife, Ann, and his two daughters, 
Melissa and Cynthia, for their sacrifice in countless nights and 
weekends their husband and father spent serving our country over the 
last twelve years.
  Director Mueller deserves much credit for skillfully responding to 
the 9/11 terrorist attacks after just a week on the job and leading the 
FBI's transformation into an intelligence-driven and threat-focused 
national security organization. The FBI today is a remarkably different 
agency than the one the director inherited in 2001. The changes made 
during his tenure have made our country safer and stronger, while also 
upholding and respecting our Constitution. He has always been honest 
and forthright with the Congress and the American people.
  It is hard to quantify the many lives that have been saved thanks to 
FBI actions that disrupted terror plots and other threats against the 
American people. I want to recognize the

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thousands of hard working and vigilant men and women of the bureau, 
including the agents, analysts and support staff who serve our country. 
Under the director's leadership, the men and women of the FBI have 
effectively prevented many attacks against our country.
  Bob Mueller's service to our country began long before he was sworn 
in as FBI Director. He has had a long career of distinguished service 
to our country. He served as an officer in the Marine Corps, leading a 
rifle platoon in Vietnam. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star, two 
Navy Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of 
Gallantry. He later served in several U.S. Attorneys' offices and in 
private practice before being appointed as the U.S. Attorney in San 
Francisco in 1998.
  I wish the director and his family all the best in his next endeavors 
and thank him again for his service and sacrifice. He is a true patriot 
and a model public servant.

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