[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1015-1016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                          CHARLES W. SEDGWICK

 Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, Mr. Charles W., Bill, Sedgwick 
is retiring after more than 40 years of celebrated service with the 
Food and Drug Administration. His career began on June 7, 1964, as an 
investigator for the Kansas City district. From beginning to end, Bill 
sharpened his skills through work performed in a variety of locations; 
Kansas City, Omaha, Washington DC, Dallas, and Cincinnati. His dream 
was fulfilled, with the help of countless mentors and friends, as he 
began as the Kansas City district director in June of 2000.
  Highlights of his work include cases involved with filth and quack 
drugs; instruction presented on Law and Evidence to the Southwest and 
Southeast Regions; work on criminal cases involving illegal 
distribution of steroid and other enhancement drugs; work with other 
Federal agents and the U.S. Attorney to prepare search warrants and 
collect undercover evidence for

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presentation to the grand jury; development of significant case laws 
which permitted not just FDA, but other Federal agencies to charge 
defendants with defrauding the Government; a commissioner's 
commendation for critical work performed with State partners to improve 
FDA's relationship working particularly in Texas and New Mexico; 
criminal investigative work in Cincinnati that resulted in the 
indictment, prosecution and prison terms of seven defendants involved 
in a major criminal enterprise which produced over 200 million pounds 
of phony orange juice; receipt of the FDA Award of Merit, 2002, and the 
ORA Quality of Worklife Award, 2003, for his leadership in Kansas City.
  After his retirement, Bill intends to spend time with his family, 
doing anything his wife, Suzanne, tells him to do. He plans to oversee 
church construction projects, remodel old houses and travel with his 
wife.

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