[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 182 (Friday, November 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEAN FLIPPO

  (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and thank Monterey 
County District Attorney Dean Flippo. At the end of this year, Dean 
will retire after 40 years of service to our home on the central coast 
of California. DA Flippo is the longest-serving DA in Monterey County 
history, and the longest current serving DA in California.
  During his tenure, he presided over pivotal cases. He fought the rise 
and he led the fall of our gang problem in our community. He enforced 
environmental policy. He established the consumer fraud unit. He 
created an early intervention anti-truancy program to keep kids in 
school and off the streets by getting their families involved. And he 
was a master at keeping a balanced budget.
  I will always be grateful to Dean for giving me a chance and a job as 
a prosecutor when I moved back home to Monterey County. During that 
time, I was able to learn from him as I served under him. Now I count 
myself lucky to have continued to work with him over these last 2 years 
on criminal justice issues.
  I hope Dean enjoys his retirement watching PG High School football 
games, except when they are playing Carmel High, of course.
  As we know, Dean leaves big shoes to fill, but he has left a long 
legacy of public service and safety in our community.
  We honor him. We congratulate him. And I thank Dean Flippo for his 
service.

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