[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE SERVICE OF CHARLES HUNNICUTT

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                             HON. JIM COSTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 16, 2017

  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Charles 
Hunnicutt for his outstanding work and to congratulate him on his 
retirement after 45 years of dedicated public service.
  Charles began his career with the United States Air Force, honorably 
serving his country from June 1972 to June 1976. He was then hired to 
work for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a Criminal 
Investigations and Collections Officer from 1976 to 1987.
  In 1988, Charles joined the Fresno County Department of Social 
Services and remained there until 2005. That same year, he was offered 
the position as Fresno County Veterans Service Officer. In 2010, 
Charles was asked to also serve as the Madera County Veterans Service 
Officer. Charles has remained with both counties and has served Fresno 
County Veterans and Madera County Veterans with great passion and 
honor.
  It is with great pleasure that I applaud Charles Hunnicutt for his 
many years of tireless work on behalf of veterans and our community. 
His ongoing dedication to public service is extremely commendable.
  Mr. Speaker, it should be noted that in addition to his countless 
gifts to veterans and our community, Charles has been a true champion 
for my constituents where he serves on my 16th District Veterans 
Advisory Board and has assisted my staff with service academy 
nominations. In my office, a majority of our constituent casework 
involves assisting veterans. These are sensitive cases that can 
sometimes take a great deal of time to resolve. Charles is someone that 
my staff and I can always count on to work together on behalf of 
veterans.
  I have personally worked with Charles for over 13 years in my 
capacity as a Member of Congress and I can proudly call him my friend. 
In his capacity as Veterans Service Officer, Charles is always 
available to discuss cases and work together on issues of concern. I 
ask my colleagues to join me today in recognizing the commitment, 
dedication and success of Charles Hunnicutt and wish him well as he 
embarks on new endeavors.

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