[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H9700-H9701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING IRA A. LEESFIELD

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am so proud to rise today to 
recognize Ira Leesfield and congratulate him on receiving the 2018 
Lawyers for Children America's Janet Reno Outstanding Community Partner 
Award.
  As a University of Florida Law School graduate, Ira proved himself to 
be an intelligent and driven individual from the very beginning of his 
legal career. Upon graduation, Ira entered the honors program at the 
U.S. Department of Justice and served as a trial attorney in the U.S. 
Army and in the Judge Advocate General's Corps before opening his own 
practice in 1976.
  Since then, Ira has become well known for his work throughout our 
State and the U.S., where he has consistently made it his mission to be 
a voice for the less fortunate and those in need.
  In the early 1990s, Ira established the Leesfield Family Foundation, 
which supports both local and national nonprofits, and emphasizes 
protecting the elderly and underprivileged women and children in our 
south Florida community.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Ira on this 
well-deserved recognition. I thank him for

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his tremendous efforts throughout the years, and I am so honored to 
call Ira Leesfield my amigo.

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