[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E546]
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IN APPRECIATION OF MAURI GRAY'S WORK WITH THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new York

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2018

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, today, as Ranking Member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, I join with Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking 
Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and 
Investigations, in expressing our appreciation for Mauri Gray's work 
with the Committee over the past two years.
  Mauri came to us as a detailee from the Administrative Office of the 
U.S. Courts, having worked for nearly six years as an Assistant Federal 
Public Defender in Puerto Rico , representing indigent clients in 
federal criminal cases. Prior to starting her career as a public 
defender, Mauri attended the University of Florida and the University 
of Georgia School of Law.
  At the conclusion of her detail to the Committee, she will be 
resuming her work, moving to the Federal Defender's office in Phoenix, 
Arizona.
  As counsel to the Committee's Democrats, Mauri provided indispensable 
analysis and advice concerning oversight hearings and a wide range of 
proposed legislation, including various child protection bills, 
legislation to .combat opioid abuse, proposals to fight online sex 
trafficking, legislation concerning arrest authority of federal law 
enforcement officers, and bills concerning federal benefits for those 
with criminal records. Often, her counsel helped Members defeat or 
improve bills intended to inappropriately expand the scope of federal 
criminal law or to impose unjust penalties.
  As the Committee has engaged in the beginnings of an initiative to 
reform our criminal justice system, Mauri's experience as a federal 
defender has informed our legislative efforts. She has helped us 
examine and prepare legislation to improve our sentencing laws as well 
as legislation to reform various aspects of federal prisons.
  We have appreciated and benefited from Mauri's energy, enthusiasm, 
and insight over the past two years, during which she became an 
integral part of our team. We will miss her.
  We thank Mauri for her selfless service to the Committee, and we wish 
her the best as she continues her career.

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