[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1425]
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                      TRIBUTE TO MARY BETH WALKER

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2014

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize Mary Beth Walker who is leaving the House to take a position 
with the Office of the Solicitor of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office. Ms. Walker served in the House's Office of General 
Counsel for two and one half years as an Assistant Counsel. We will 
miss her.
  Ms. Walker provided frequent and invaluable legal advice and 
representation to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, as 
well as to Members, officers, and other committees of the House more 
generally. Our staff came to rely on her expertise and guidance in 
connection with many of their investigative and oversight activities, 
as well as in connection with the Committee's interactions with the 
other branches of the federal government. Over the years, Ms. Walker 
played a significant role in safeguarding the legal and institutional 
interests of the House of Representatives.
  Ms. Walker served the House with great distinction, and we know she 
will serve the Patent and Trademark Office with that same level of 
distinction. We thank her for her service to the House and extend to 
her our very best wishes for her continued success.

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