110 HCON 396 IH: Recognizing the FBI on their 100th
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-07-24
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Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was
founded by President Theodore Roosevelt and United States Attorney General
Charles Bonaparte on July 26, 1908, as a Federal investigative agency;
Whereas it was first named the Bureau of Investigation to
provide a force of Special Agents to investigate crimes across State lines and
Federal crimes in its initial days, and later expanded to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation reflecting the growth our Nation’s need to protect its
people;
Whereas in the face of foreign threats during two World
Wars and the Cold War, the FBI’s jurisdiction was expanded to investigate
espionage and sabotage against the United States of America;
Whereas when over the course of our Nation’s history the
civil rights of Americans have been challenged, the FBI has been called upon to
protect those civil rights and has brought violators to justice, and remains
the primary Federal law enforcement agency for investigating civil rights
violations;
Whereas the men and women of the FBI have come to meet the
challenges of violent criminal elements and gangs, working in partnership with
State, local, and tribal law enforcement to provide safe streets in our
communities around the country;
Whereas when the Nation’s financial markets were
threatened by white collar criminals, organized criminal enterprises, and
international fraud schemes, the FBI’s efforts to protect our economy were
reflected in major investigative achievements;
Whereas the world has expanded through the creation of the
World Wide Web, the FBI has been called to protect against cyber-based attacks
and high-technology crimes through investigations of computer fraud, child
exploitation, theft of intellectual property, and worldwide computer
intrusions;
Whereas the threat to public safety posed by extremists
groups, both domestic and international has grown, and the FBI has tirelessly
worked to prevent acts of terrorism against Americans at home and
abroad;
Whereas the FBI provides law enforcement services through
its disaster response team, identification services and Laboratory to further
the cause of justice through science throughout the United States;
Whereas since its inception, 34 FBI special agents have
given their full measure of duty in laying down their lives in the service of
their country; and
Whereas for a century the men and women of the FBI have
pledged to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States
and, with such, exemplified their motto Fidelity, Bravery and
Integrity
: Now, therefore, be it
That Congress—
(1)congratulates the
men and women of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the occasion of
its 100th Anniversary;
(2)honors the heroic
sacrifice of the Bureau’s employees who have given their lives, or have been
wounded or injured, in the service of our Nation; and
(3)gives heartfelt
thanks to all the men and women of the FBI for their past and continued efforts
to protect and defend the American people from threats both domestic and
foreign, and their dedication to the pursuit of justice through the rule of
law.