H.R. No. 493R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, James Wagoner will retire from his position as resident agent in charge of the Austin office of the U.S. Secret Service on March 22, 2003, after having served the citizens of this nation for more than 20 years with unparalleled integrity and commitment; and WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio, Mr. Wagoner began his service to this nation as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves; on March 21, 1983, he became a special agent for the U.S. Secret Service and soon thereafter was assigned to the security detail for presidential candidate Walter Mondale; he later moved to the Washington Field Office, where he was assigned to the I.D. squad, and in 1987 he transferred back to security detail work, this time to serve as a shift agent covering President Ronald Reagan; in the years that followed, he was a member of the security teams for Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, George Bush, and George W. Bush; and WHEREAS, In recognition of his exceptional record of service, this dedicated public servant was promoted to resident agent in charge of the Austin office, a position he has held with distinction for the past three years; throughout his exemplary career, Agent Wagoner has displayed uncommon courage while protecting our country's elected officials and their families, and in doing so he has helped to ensure the very stability of our democratic system of government; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Resident Agent in Charge James Wagoner on the occasion of his retirement from the U.S. Secret Service and extend to him warmest best wishes for continued happiness and success in his future endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Agent Wagoner as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Kuempel Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 493 was adopted by the House on March 13, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House