[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E569]
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               GRATITUDE FOR THE SERVICE OF STACEY DANSKY

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar 
Smith and I would like to take this opportunity to thank one of the 
most dedicated and productive members of the Judiciary Committee staff 
for her service to the House, the Judiciary Committee's Chief Copyright 
Counsel, Stacey Dansky. For 8 years she has worked ably and diligently 
for the Judiciary Committee and we commend her for her achievements.
  After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt 
University, Stacey earned her law degree with honors from the 
University of Texas School of Law, where she served as the Chief Notes 
Editor for the Texas Law Review. She clerked for U.S. District Court 
Judge Lee H. Rosenthal in Houston and later practiced law with the 
Washington firm of Williams & Connolly.
  With the Judiciary Committee, Stacey has worked on a host of issues 
of national significance--principally in intellectual property policy, 
antitrust law, civil liberties and women's rights. Stacey's efforts 
proved critical to the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 
2005, and she was instrumental in the House's overwhelming passage of 
the Free Flow of Information Act in 2007. From 2002 through 2008, 
Stacey served as the Chief Antitrust Counsel to the Democratic Members 
of the Committee. She helped coordinate the Committee's consideration 
of corporate mergers like those of XM-Sirius and Delta and Northwest 
Airlines, drafted legislation and organized hearings on net neutrality 
and telecommunications issues, and led the Committee's oversight 
efforts involving particular industries, including the oil and the 
credit card industries.
  As the Committee's Chief Copyright Counsel, Stacey worked tirelessly 
on efforts to curb digital piracy, negotiate orphan works legislation, 
protect copyright in research publications and made invaluable 
contributions to the enactment of the Prioritizing Resources and 
Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008. She has 
deftly and expertly led the Committee's negotiations to extend and to 
update the satellite and cable compulsory licenses; as she has efforts 
to establish a full public performance right for sound recordings, set 
forth in H.R. 848, the ``Performance Rights Act.''
  On behalf of the Judiciary Committee, its staff, and this 
distinguished body, we would like to thank Stacey for her commitment to 
the Committee and her exemplary work. Her humility, generosity, sense 
of humor and professionalism will be sorely missed. She has served as a 
cherished advisor to the Committee's members and as a colleague, mentor 
and friend to many present and former Committee staff members. We wish 
her the best of luck and extend to her our deepest gratitude.

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