[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF MARVIN ``MAC'' KING

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 18, 2010

  Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and 
dedication of my Deputy Chief of Staff, Marvin ``Mac'' King, who has 
been on my staff for many years and leaves his work on Capitol Hill to 
join his wife, Col. Barbara King, a doctor of dental surgery with the 
Air Force specializing in prosthetic dentistry, in Okinawa, Japan.
  Mac first came to my office as an intern in the early 90s after 
obtaining his law degree. During the time of his internship in my 
office, Mac excelled in all tasks assigned to him. I knew he would be a 
valuable and important asset to the Ortiz Team.
  Mac, a graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in 
petroleum engineering and a juris doctor degree from the University of 
Arkansas in Little Rock, has worked as a reservoir engineer with the 
Natural Gas Pipeline of America in Houston, Texas, and has served as 
president and technical manager of Losack Inc. in San Antonio, Texas. 
He has also served as acting counsel in the House of Representatives 
for the House Subcommittee on Oceanography, the Gulf of Mexico, and the 
Outer Continental Shelf and as a consulting engineer for Research 
Management Consultants Inc.
  Shortly after the conclusion of his internship, Mac became a full-
time employee in my Washington, DC, office where he served as 
legislative director and counsel from 1995 to 2002. I never doubted 
Mac's skills and in 2002 I named him deputy chief of staff and he 
continued to serve as my counsel. At that time, Mac oversaw a staff of 
ten to sixteen employees in my offices in Washington, DC, Corpus 
Christi and Brownsville, Texas.
  Mac became so good at what he did--he was the ``go-to'' person in our 
office. Through the years, I saw Mac grow from an intern to an 
aggressive and well-rounded legislative guru who knew the ins and outs 
of Congress.
  In 2006, Mac left the House of Representatives to work as deputy 
director for strategic communications with the Joint Improvised 
Explosive Device Defeat Organization.
  However, it was too early for Mac to leave Congress, or that's how I 
like to think of it. In 2009, after more than three years of being out 
of the Halls of Congress, Mac returned to my office as legislative 
director and counsel. Within months Mac was appointed deputy chief of 
staff, a position he will hold until Friday, May 21, 2010.
  Mac leaves the Ortiz Team to go live in Okinawa, Japan, with his 
lovely wife, Barbara. I take this time to thank Mac for his invaluable 
and relentless work and service for the 27th District of Texas.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the work and service of 
Mac for his more than 12 years of employment in the House of 
Representatives. On behalf of the people of the United States of 
America, I extend a warm and heartfelt thank you to Marvin ``Mac'' King 
for all he has done to better the 27th District of Texas and this great 
country.

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