[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF JUDGE GARRY MALPHRUS

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2005

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to 
congratulate Judge Garry Malphrus, his family and friends, on his 
appointment to the Federal Immigration Court.
  I am very grateful to represent the Malphrus family in Congress and 
one of the great honors of serving in Congress was having the 
opportunity on June 3rd to join in a swearing-in ceremony to recognize 
the achievements of a constituent. As a former attorney who has 
practiced immigration law, I know the importance of this judgeship.
  Garry was born and raised in Jasper County, South Carolina, a son of 
the Lowcountry, which is in the district that I represent. Garry's 
impressive career track includes his graduation from Thomas Heyward 
Academy of Ridgeland and his further education at the University of 
South Carolina for his undergraduate and law degrees. Garry was a law 
clerk to Federal Judges Chauncey Patterson and Dennis Shedd. I 
particularly appreciate the importance of clerkships because Judge 
Dennis Shedd was a clerk in our office. Garry also worked on the Senate 
Judiciary Committee for South Carolina's former Senior Senator Strom 
Thurmond and was an attorney for the current Bush Administration. I 
know he will do well with that list of former employers.
  Not only do I want to congratulate Garry, but I also want to 
congratulate the people who helped make this possible, his family; Judy 
and Donnie Malphrus, his brother Barry and sister Kim and his 
grandmother Lorene Langford.
  Garry has been instrumental in furthering the cause of justice for 
many years through his work on the judiciary committee and political 
campaigns.
  Garry has been involved for campaigns, including mine, for as long as 
I can remember. He and his brother Barry actually recruited my chief of 
staff, Eric Dell, involving him in politics for the first time in 1986 
as a volunteer in the gubernatorial race of Congressman Carroll 
Campbell in his successful election. I always enjoyed seeing Garry and 
Barry at state conventions; it was encouraging to see their bravery and 
enthusiasm to be dedicated activists in a county where they were a 
persistent political minority.
  In the seventeen years I served in the South Carolina Senate, I had 
the opportunity to vote on dozens of candidates for judgeships and 
appoint numerous magistrates. In every election, I looked for judicial 
temperament of a person who would respectfully give every participant a 
respectful day in court, no matter who they were or what they looked 
like. I am confident Garry possesses this unique quality.
  Again, I want to congratulate Garry, his family, and friends on his 
appointment as a federal immigration judge and wish him success and 
Godspeed.

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