[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 28186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO THOMAS P. FISCHER

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Thomas P. 
Fischer as he today begins his last day of public service. After 
serving his country in Vietnam and other Federal positions, Tom Fischer 
accepted the challenge of serving in a leadership position in the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, including heading the INS 
district office in Atlanta.
  The people who have benefited from Tom Fischer's public service are 
legion: the hundreds of Federal workers who have served under him; the 
many public officials, including myself as the U.S. Attorney for the 
Northern District of Georgia, that served alongside of him; and 
thousands of hopeful new American citizens that he helped guide on 
their road to citizenship.
  Mr. Speaker, as Thomas Fischer begins today his last day of Federal 
service, I join in thanking him for an outstanding job, and wishing him 
well in his new endeavors, which will, I am certain, be marked by the 
same integrity, dedication, patriotism, and diligence that have 
characterized every day of his service to America.

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