[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E474]
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                     HONORING DAVID BLANCO RAMIREZ

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                           HON. DARRELL ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2022

  Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Border 
Patrol Agent David Blanco Ramirez.
  Mr. Ramirez served in the U.S. Border Patrol for 18 years. While 
serving in the San Diego Sector's Intelligence Unit during the migrant 
surge in September 2021, Agent Ramirez passed away in the line of duty.
  Mr. Ramirez was born and raised in Chula Vista, California. In 1993, 
he enlisted in the National Guard, beginning his long career of 
protecting our country.
  In 2003, Mr. Ramirez joined the Border Patrol's San Diego sector, 
located near his hometown. After 18 years of service for the CBP's 
forensic office, Agent Ramirez succumbed in 2021 to COVID-19 
complications. He contracted the disease working in the 2021 surge in 
illegal aliens during our country's unprecedented border crisis.
  He is survived by his loving wife Rosemary, who has served the San 
Diego community as a teacher's assistant to children with special 
needs, as well as his three sons, his eldest following in his father's 
footsteps and rising to the rank of lst Lieutenant in the U.S. National 
Guard.
  We owe a debt beyond words to David Blanco Ramirez and his family. I 
am proud to rise today to honor his service to our nation.

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