[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 14 (Thursday, January 25, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E80]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING TEXAS RANGER MAJOR GROVER HUFF

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 25, 2024

  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the distinguished 
career of longtime Texas lawman, Major Grover Franklin Huff. Since 
2018, Major Huff has served as the Company Commander of Company ``A,'' 
which encompasses a thirty-five-county area bordered to the east by 
Louisiana, to the south by the Texas Gulf Coast, and to the north and 
west by Companies ``F'' and ``B.'' On January 31, 2024, Major Huff will 
hang up the signature cowboy hat and un-pin his fifty-peso Ranger badge 
for the last time.
  Major Huff was born to Allen and Beatrice Huff on February 2, 1962, 
in Orange, Texas. He graduated from West Orange-Stark High School in 
1980 and attended Lamar University. He then enrolled in the Jefferson 
County Jail Academy and the Lamar University Police Academy, graduating 
in 1985. Before joining the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), 
Major Huff began his lengthy career in law enforcement, serving with 
the Orange County Sherriff's Office and the Bridge City Police 
Department.
  In 1989, Major Huff attended DPS Recruit School as part of Class A-89 
and was inducted as a state trooper on February 16, 1990. On June 1, 
1997, Major Huff joined the prestigious Texas Rangers, the oldest law 
enforcement organization on the North American continent with statewide 
jurisdiction.
  His fellow Rangers have characterized Major Huff as a ``Ranger's 
Ranger.'' He is known as an expert in crime scene processing and has 
taught advanced criminal investigation courses to state, local, 
federal, and even foreign law enforcement officers. Over the past four 
decades, his work has resulted in the conviction of numerous violent 
criminals, justice for countless families, and safer Texas communities. 
Major Huff, however, has said that his greatest accomplishment has been 
overseeing the development of new Rangers and their promotion through 
the ranks of the storied law enforcement agency.
  Mr. Speaker, in its two-hundred-year history, only the finest law 
enforcement officers have had the honor of calling themselves Texas 
Rangers. I am proud that Major Grover Franklin Huff is among them. I 
wish him, his wife, Diane, and their family all the best in the next 
chapter of their life.

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