[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING FBI AGENTS DANIEL ALFIN AND LAURA 
                            SCHWARTZENBERGER

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I 
rise to honor the lives of two fallen FBI agents, Daniel Alfin and 
Laura Schwartzenberger.
  On Tuesday morning, while executing a Federal warrant in a child 
exploitation investigation, Special Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura 
Schwartzenberger were shot and killed in the line of duty in Sunrise, 
Florida.
  This was, sadly, the FBI's deadliest day since the tragic events on 
9/11. It has also been more than 30 years since two agents were gunned 
down together in the line of duty. They died protecting our most 
vulnerable citizens and the community they loved.
  Laura Schwartzenberger's specialty was pursuing crimes against 
children. Her work with the FBI Miami Field Office's Innocent Images 
National Initiative led to the arrests of those involved in the 
exploitation of children and sextortion. She leaves behind a husband 
and two children.
  Daniel Alfin was a veteran agent who led the investigation into a 
dark website called Playpen, one of the country's largest child 
pornography operations. He leaves behind a wife and one child.
  These were two heroes taken from us way too soon while trying to make 
our community a safer place to raise our families. We grieve their loss 
not only to the community they served but to the families and loved 
ones they leave behind. They made the ultimate sacrifice, and we will 
be forever grateful.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House to please pause for a moment of 
silence in memory and honor of these heroes who gave their lives 
protecting our children.

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