[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING CAPTAIN WILLIAM B.J. FORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Meadows) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service of a 
great public servant on his retirement--Captain William B.J. Fore.
  B.J., as I call him, a great friend from Caldwell County, North 
Carolina, has served in the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office for a 
number of years. Today, Mr. Speaker, I could rise and go through a 
litany of different positions on how he has served that great county, 
but it would miss the point, it would miss the point of who B.J. Fore 
really is.
  He is a gentleman that not only do I call a friend, but he is someone 
who has served Caldwell County over and over again, consistently 
answering the call with the word ``yes.''
  B.J. Fore has not only served the Caldwell County area in public 
service as a law enforcement officer, but he has consistently been 
someone who is always there to serve those that are in need. I remember 
specifically just a few years back where he and I were working together 
on trying to serve some of those that were in most need during an event 
at Halloween time. Some would come in, and there he was making sure 
that not only children and families were recognized for what they had 
or didn't have, but some of them, perhaps even that day, showed up to 
get the meal that only they could have provided at that particular 
event.
  It is a heart of a big man, a big man of courage, that I recognize 
today on his retirement. I wish him the very heartfelt congratulations 
on a life that has served Caldwell County so well, and I wish him the 
very best in his future endeavors.

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