[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 31 (Friday, February 16, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING LT. MARK A. RUSSO ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. BILL HUIZENGA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 16, 2018

  Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate, Lieutenant 
Mark Russo on his retirement from the Michigan State Police.
  As a graduate of the 101st Trooper recruit school in 1987, Trooper 
Mark Russo went on to serve at the Ithaca Post, Criminal Investigation 
Division, and the Lansing Post. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1994 at 
the Ionia Post and in 1998 transferred to a multijurisdictional 
narcotics unit, the Metropolitan Enforcement Team. He served on that 
team for 14 years before being promoted to a Lieutenant within the 
Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division.
  During his distinguished career, Lt. Russo received multiple awards 
including the Sixth District Gerstacker Award, the Grand Rapids Police 
Chiefs Award, and the International Narcotics Interdiction Association 
Group of the Year Award.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Second District of Michigan, we thank 
Lt. Mark Russo and his wife Tracy for their 31 years of service to West 
Michigan and to our nation.

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