[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E944]
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                        IN TRIBUTE TO KEN STARR

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 26, 2010

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, I rise in tribute to my friend, Ken 
Starr, who is leaving his post overlooking Malibu, California, and the 
Pacific Ocean as dean of Pepperdine University's School of Law to 
return to his native Texas as Baylor University's 14th president.
  Judge Starr has had a long and storied career. After graduating law 
school, he became a clerk for then-Chief Justice Warren Burger. He left 
Justice Burger to work as an attorney in Los Angeles for several years 
before returning to Washington, DC, in 1981 to serve under U.S. 
Attorney General William French Smith.
  Judge Starr was a federal judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals 
from 1983 to 1989 and was U.S. Solicitor General from 1989 to 1993. 
While on the bench, Judge Starr won the respect of both political 
parties. He was often mentioned as a potential U.S. Supreme Court 
nominee.
  In 1994, Judge Starr was appointed independent counsel to continue 
the investigation into the Whitewater land transactions begun by Robert 
Fiske. He was charged with investigating several allegations connected 
to President Clinton, eventually issuing a report on President 
Clinton's intentional cover-up in the Monica Lewinsky case, which led 
to the President's impeachment.
  On April 6, 2004, Judge Starr was appointed dean of Pepperdine 
University's School of Law--the second time the post was offered.
  During the Whitewater investigation and impeachment hearings, Judge 
Starr was painted by his enemies and the media as a wild-eyed zealot 
whose only goal was to bring down the presidency. The Judge Starr I 
know, and the Judge Starr history will record, is a soft-spoken and 
intelligent attorney and judge whose only goal has always been to serve 
the law.
  For the past 6 years, he has inspired young legal minds at Pepperdine 
University to embrace that goal as well. Beginning June 1, he will 
inspire young minds at Baylor.
  Madam Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in congratulating 
Judge Starr for his appointment as president of Baylor University and 
in thanking him for his dedication to our up-and-coming leaders, for 
his contribution to the legal community, and for his long and 
distinguished service to our country.

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