[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E28]
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                    IN RECOGNITION OF MR. TONY BARBA

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 7, 2015

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Tony Barba on 
his retirement after 20 years of dedicated service to the people of 
Kings County, California.
  Mr. Barba was born on June 13, 1935 in Hanford, California. He spent 
his entire youth in Hanford, where he attended local schools. He 
attended College of the Sequoias and later joined the U.S. Army.
  In 1964, after completing his service in the U.S. Army, Mr. Barba 
began his career with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Mr. Barba 
was initially assigned to the Baldwin Park area, however, in 1965 he 
was transferred back to his hometown of Hanford, where he was the first 
Latino CHP officer. He would serve the Hanford community as a CHP 
officer for the rest of his 26 year career with the patrol.
  Mr. Barba was elected to represent District Four on the King County 
Board of Supervisors in 1994. He was the first Latino to serve on the 
Kings County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Barba has been reelected to 
serve on the board five times and is the longest serving District Four 
Supervisor.
  After completing his fifth term, Mr. Barba is retiring on December 
31, 2014.
  District Four and the entire Kings County community have been 
extremely fortunate to have a dedicated representative such as Mr. 
Barba to ensure the wellbeing of their community.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Tony Barba for his 20 years of 
dedicated public service in Kings County and congratulating him on his 
recent retirement.

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