[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 99 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING MARK GWYN

  (Mr. DesJARLAIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DesJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to recognize the 
recent retirement of director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 
a native of Tennessee's Fourth District, Mark Gwyn. Throughout Mark's 
30-year career, he served as the standard for Tennessee law 
enforcement.
  Beginning as a patrol officer for the McMinnville Police Department 
in 1985, Gwyn quickly joined the TBI as a special agent, where he 
showed superb investigative ability, leadership skills, and work ethic.
  Eight years later, he was promoted to executive officer, then to 
assistant director, overseeing the forensic services division, and, 
finally, to director of the TBI in 2004.
  Serving longer than any of his predecessors, Gwyn implemented many 
policies and programs that helped the bureau evolve over the past 
several years. He steered the bureau's fight to combat illegal 
methamphetamine production in the State and took great steps in 
combating human trafficking.
  He oversaw the development of Tennessee's nationally recognized 
fusion center, which provides numerous services that help link local, 
State, and Federal resources together to improve the safety of all 
Tennesseeans.
  As we look ahead, there will almost certainly be new challenges that 
TBI will face and difficulties that its future leaders will have to 
overcome. But with the foundation built during his tenure, I am certain 
that TBI will face these challenges with the same professionalism, 
efficiency, and grace that Director Gwyn has exhibited.
  I thank Mark Gwyn for his service and wish him well in his 
retirement.

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