[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO STEVEN C. McCRAW

 Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I commend Mr. Steve McCraw on his 
appointment to become the director of the Texas Department of Public 
Safety.
  Mr. McCraw is a native of El Paso, TX, and holds a bachelor of 
science degree and a master of arts degree from West Texas State 
University. Mr. McCraw began his career in 1977 as a State trooper and 
sergeant narcotics investigator for the Texas Department of Public 
Safety prior to his appointment as a special agent with the FBI in 
1983.
  As an FBI special agent, Mr. McCraw was assigned to the Dallas, 
Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, and San Antonio field 
offices. His FBI Headquarters assignments included Unit Chief of an 
organized crime unit; an Inspector; Deputy Assistant Director; 
Assistant Director of the Office of Intelligence, which was established 
in February 2002; and Assistant Director for the Inspection Division 
where he was responsible for strategic planning, internal 
investigations, and bureau-wide performance evaluations. He also served 
as the Inspector-In-Charge of the South East Bomb Task Force and the 
Director of the Foreign Terrorism Tracking Task Force, which was 
established by the President in October 2001.
  After his retirement as an FBI Assistant Director in August 2004, 
Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. McCraw as the director of the 
Governor's Office of Homeland Security. Mr. McCraw has been 
instrumental in leading the State's homeland security efforts and 
spearheading emergency efforts and responses to a variety of security 
threats to the State and emergencies. His extensive background in the 
law enforcement and intelligence fields enabled him to make well-
informed decisions in preparing for and responding to all hazards and 
threats in Texas.
  On 17 July 2009, Mr. McCraw was selected as the Director of Texas 
Department of Public Safety which is a capstone to his law enforcement 
career as he returns to lead the department of over 8,500 commissioned 
and noncommissioned personnel.
  I congratulate Mr. McCraw on this appointment and his long public 
service and substantial law enforcement career.

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