[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO SPECIAL AGENT STEVEN J. PIROTTE

 Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, for the past two years, the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' Office of Legislative Affairs has been 
under the able leadership of Steven J. Pirotte. Special Agent Pirotte 
has served as the Executive Assistant to the Director of ATF since the 
beginning of 1997, and in that capacity, has provided conscientious 
service to many Members of Congress and their staffs, my own included.
  Steve is moving to a new challenge on April 18, when he reports to 
his new post of duty as the Division Director and Special Agent in 
Charge of ATF's Boston Field Division, with oversight over ATF's 
functions in Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, 
Northern New York and New Hampshire. His honest counsel, assistance, 
and expertise will be missed by all of us who have worked with him.
  Special Agent Pirotte began his career with the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms in 1975 in Falls Church, Virginia, later serving 
posts of duty in Washington, D.C., Winchester, Virginia, and Denver, 
Colorado. From 1986 to 1989, he served as Group Supervisor for the Mid-
Atlantic Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and coordinated 
all OCDETF investigations in the two field divisions and 26 offices 
throughout the Mid-Atlantic states, including Pennsylvania, Delaware, 
Maryland, and Virginia.
  He served three years on ATF's National Response Team, served as 
supervisor with the Metropolitan Area Task Force for the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, and just prior to his current assignment, 
served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of ATF's Charlotte, North 
Carolina Field Division, overseeing bombing, church arson, firearms 
trafficking and cigarette diversion investigations.
  Members of Congress have been well served with Steve at the helm of 
ATF's Legislative Affairs office, and we wish him well in his new 
position.

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