[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 28, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1569]
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             IN APPRECIATION OF THE SERVICE OF LEAH CAMPOS

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                          HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 28, 2018

  Mr. ROYCE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Ms. Leah Campos, an Arizona native and Senior Advisor for the Western 
Hemisphere on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  Throughout my time as Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Leah has 
advised me on matters pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean. 
This region is critical to our country's national interests, and our 
Committee would not have been able to engage successfully with this 
part of the world without Leah's advice and counsel.
  Before coming to Capitol Hill, Leah served in the foreign field as an 
Operations Officer in the Clandestine Service of the Central 
Intelligence Agency. Her Congressional achievements aside, for this 
work alone, Leah has earned my gratitude and admiration. Leah's time 
serving in the field informs her understanding of what constitutes 
vital U.S. interests, and how best to leverage our country's strength 
in pursuit of those interests. Believing as she does in the value of 
diplomacy, Leah forged important relationships with the region's 
diplomatic community in Washington and abroad, keeping Committee 
members apprised of key issues. Her free-market instincts kept her 
focused on our ever-important relationship with Mexico, and the 
commercial benefits of that interconnection to Americans across the 
country--including in Leah's home state ofArizona.
  Leah is the proud mother of four children--Christian, Isabela, 
Soledad and Xavier--a life-long conservative, and strong believer in 
the principles of economic liberty and limited government. I am 
grateful for her work on the Committee, and wish her the very best in 
the future.

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