[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20774-20775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NEW TEXAS SHERIFF IN TOWN

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

[[Page 20775]]


  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, in Bastrop County, Texas, there is a new 
sheriff in town. Over a dozen candidates were interviewed, and at the 
end, the last man standing was a woman. Becoming the third female 
sheriff in Texas, Rosanna Abreo became the first female sheriff in 
county history.
  Rosanna is anything but an ordinary candidate. She has 17 years of 
experience in Texas law enforcement. Throughout her law enforcement 
career, she served at the Lubbock Police Department in west Texas and 
the Texas Department of Public Safety, where she served as a State 
trooper, a special crimes investigator, and a member of the DPS SWAT 
team, rising to the rank of lieutenant.
  This Texas lawwoman is educationally accomplished as well, achieving 
a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and now a law degree, having 
passed the bar exam last May. Criminals and outlaws should be aware of 
this new Texas sheriff that is the enforcer of the law in her county.
  Today, I congratulate Sheriff Abreo on her sound dedication to public 
safety, making her a role model for all peace officers in our State. 
Texas is proud of its new Lone Star sheriff.
  And that's just the way it is.

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