[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING RICHARD FISHER ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE 
                             BANK OF DALLAS

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 17, 2015

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with 
great pleasure to recognize Mr. Richard Fisher of Dallas, Texas.
  Mr. Fisher has served as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve 
Bank of Dallas since 2005. He will be retiring this month after ten 
years of tireless service. During his tenure, Mr. Fisher aimed to 
create sensible solutions to the economic problems of Dallas residents.
  Molded from humble beginnings, Richard Fisher is no stranger to hard 
work. He is a first generation American, who persevered to earn an 
economics degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford 
University.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Fisher has built quite an impressive 
resume. He began his career on Wall Street working at investment bank, 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co in 1975. He specialized in fixed income 
and foreign exchange markets. From there, he went on to become an 
assistant to the secretary of Treasury during the Carter 
Administration. He later returned to Brown Brothers to found their 
Texas operations, which was based in the city of Dallas.
  He later returned to public service as a trailblazer for expanded 
trade agreements. From 1997 to 2011, Richard Fisher served as deputy 
trade representative where he oversaw the implementation of NAFTA and 
various trade agreements of Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Chile and Singapore. 
He was a senior negotiator for the bilateral accords for China's and 
Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization.
  More than forty years ago, Richard Fisher married the love of his 
life, Nancy Collins, the daughter of the late U.S. Congressman Jim 
Collins. They are the parents to three children. In the future, Mr. 
Fisher hopes to someday re-enter the financial world in the hopes of 
spreading financial literacy throughout South Dallas.
  Mr. Speaker, Richard Fisher is truly a phenomenal leader. A man 
fueled by dedication and committed to public service, Mr. Fisher has 
set the bar high for his successor. He is the 2006 recipient of the 
Service to Democracy Award and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for 
Public Service from the American Assembly. He was inducted into the 
Dallas Business Hall of Fame in 2009 and received the Woodrow Wilson 
Award for Public Service in 2014. I stand today to honor Mr. Richard 
Fisher and to thank him for his work in service to the people of Dallas 
and to everyone within and beyond our borders who benefit from his 
economic vision and exemplary public service.

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