[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               RECOGNIZING BRAD KEARNS ON HIS RETIREMENT

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Brad Kearns, chief of inspectors with the Alameda County District 
Attorney's Office, who is retiring at the end of June after 38 years of 
law enforcement experience.
  Before serving as chief of inspectors, Brad worked for 24 years at 
the Oakland Police Department and also served as chief of police to the 
town of Moraga.
  For 7 years as a deputy district attorney, I had the opportunity to 
work with Brad at the District Attorney's Office and appreciated his 
commitment to ensuring crime victims received the justice they deserved 
and also his openness to embracing new technologies to better prosecute 
cases.
  It is fitting that I am honoring Brad in Washington, D.C., as just 2 
years ago, he and I were here with District Attorney Nancy O'Malley for 
Federal advocacy to bring more Federal grant money back to the Alameda 
County District Attorney's Office.
  Brad plans to take a well-earned retirement and spend it with his 
wife of 39 years, Diane, and his children and grandchildren, all of 
whom live nearby in the Bay Area.
  On behalf of the residents of the East Bay, I want to thank Brad for 
his years of hard work and dedication to keeping our community safe. 
And I want to wish him well as he begins this new, exciting chapter in 
his life.

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