[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2349]
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                        HONORING ROBERT C. FABER

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 9, 2008

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Madam Speaker, I would like to take a minute and pay 
tribute to an old friend and former staffer, Robert C. Faber. Bob is a 
man of strong ideals and integrity.
  I first met Bob when we were in our first year of law school at 
McGeorge Law School in California. Our friendship began then and has 
been strong ever since. After law school, Bob and I went our separate 
ways. Bob worked first at the State Lands Commission and then had a 
private law practice. I went to work in the California State Senate in 
Sacramento. Ten years later I was elected to the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and when I became Chairman of the Resources 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, I encouraged Bob to become the staff 
director of the committee. He graciously accepted the position, and he 
and his lovely wife, Joyce, moved to the Washington area. In the six 
years he served as staff director he assisted in moving a number of 
difficult pieces of legislation and helped the subcommittee conduct 
many critical oversight hearings and more than a dozen General 
Accounting Office investigations.
  Bob was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Oregon, 
Michigan, Indiana and California. He attended high school in La Sierra, 
California. Bob has the gift of being able to teach people in both 
personal and professional situations. As early as high school, Bob 
showed his talent for teaching. He would often help tutor his fellow 
students at his home, and eventually the group got so large that one of 
the students asked the teacher if Bob could teach the class, since he 
was able to better relate to his peers. The teacher allowed Bob to 
teach the class for about 2 weeks under his supervision.
  After high school, Bob attended Andrews University in Southwestern 
Michigan where he majored in journalism. He earned his undergraduate 
degree in three years after successfully testing out of one year of 
classes. While at Andrews, he met Joyce in the communications 
department, and the two have been married for 35 years now. They have 
one son, Robert Jr., who is 14 years old.
  After law school, Bob frequently volunteered in support of community 
activities in the Sacramento area. He volunteered as an international 
moot court justice at the McGeorge law school. He taught bible classes 
at his local church. He co-founded the local neighborhood association 
where he lived. And he helped organize a group of fellow bank customers 
to recover their savings after the financial institution where they had 
deposits failed.
  Although he remains active professionally as an attorney, Bob still 
enjoys teaching as the opportunities present themselves. He has 
recently started writing a series of articles combining history, 
religion, and science.
  I am very grateful for Bob's friendship, and I look forward to the 
many years ahead we have as friends. I wish him and his family much 
happiness and success.

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