[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E712-E713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING STEVIE WILCOX ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM 
                       FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 25, 2023

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of Stevie Wilcox's 
retirement from the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation 
Security Agency, family, friends, and colleagues gathered on Friday, 
July 21, 2023, to recognize his dedication, commitment, and 
professionalism in the defense of a grateful Nation.
  Stevie Wilcox's service in the U.S. Air Force ended in 2005 as a 
senior non-commissioned officer (E-7 MSgt). He served the first 10 
years at Andrews Air Force Base until he transferred to Okinawa, Japan 
from 1994 to 1998.
  He was later transferred to Bitburg, Germany, where he served from 
1998-2002. Stevie's dedication to the armed services began early, as he 
grew up as a military dependent. Prior to his service, he moved to 
Camps Springs, Maryland in the summer of 1976 and graduated from 
Central High School in 1979.
  After retiring from military service, Stevie Wilcox decided to work 
at TSA because he experienced 9-11 in real time while on Bolling Air 
Force Base in Washington, D.C.
  Stevie Wilcox embodied the agency motto, ``The Work of a Nation. The 
Center of Intelligence.'' Because of his efforts, lives were 
preserved--missions accomplished--hope restored. And I thank him for 
his service to the United States of America.
  Stevie Wilcox was recruited to the TSA Travel Protocol Office to help 
establish assistance for the wounded warriors who traveled through the 
Nation's airports along with the Military One Source.
  Stevie Wilcox Worked for TSA from 2005 to 2023 during which time he 
distinguished himself as a person of merit, intellect, diplomacy, and 
professionalism in all matters under his responsibility.
  I would like to commend him for taking this path to government 
service. As President Kennedy once said, ``The cost of freedom is 
always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall 
never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission.''
  On behalf of the constituents of the Eighteenth Congressional 
District of Texas, I take great pride in recognizing Stevie Wilcox on 
his retirement, for his commitment and dedication to serving the 
citizens of the United States, and he is most deserving of the respect, 
admiration, and commendation of the United States Congress.

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