[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING PRIVATE HENRY ``HANK'' WEBB AS VETERAN OF THE MONTH

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Private Henry ``Hank'' 
Webb, an American hero.
  He was raised by a sharecropper, Dust Bowl Okie family who fled 
Oklahoma to California in 1943 in search of work. After arriving in 
Wasco, California, he lived and worked for 3 years in a migrant worker 
labor camp.
  He served in the Army for 3 years and spent most of his time in 
Germany with an artillery unit. After the Army, he returned to college 
and earned his degree in criminal justice from the University of 
California, Berkeley.
  After graduating from college in June 1960, he entered the U.S. 
Border Academy, where he graduated at the top of his class. He proudly 
served as a Border Patrol agent for 2 years.
  In 1962, he was hired as a special agent by the ``once proud,'' his 
words, FBI, where he served for 25 years. He received many awards and 
assisted in protecting President Johnson in Mexico City and President 
Nixon in California.
  After retiring, he continued to work in law enforcement in Texas. 
When he left law enforcement, he and his family moved to Tennessee.
  Our country's heroes are the men and women of our Armed Forces, Mr. 
Speaker, like Private Webb.
  It is my honor to recognize Private Henry ``Hank'' Webb as 
Tennessee's Second District's July 2024 Veteran of the Month.

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