[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 196 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1653]
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                         RECOGNIZING MATT ZWEIG

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                          HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 12, 2018

  Mr. ROYCE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express 
gratitude to Matt Zweig, and to commend his over 17 years of service on 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Matt came to the Committee in 2001, 
as support staff and quickly worked his way up the ladder to become a 
Senior Professional Staff Member.
  Matt has served the Committee in many different capacities. He was 
the staff member responsible for providing expertise on sanctions and 
illicit finance--from Iran, to North Korea, to Burma and Russia. He has 
been the primary staffer responsible for coordinating the National 
Defense Authorization Act process for the Committee--an annual exercise 
that involves dozens, and sometimes hundreds of provisions that fall 
within our Committee's jurisdiction. In this role, he negotiated some 
of the most critical measures to pass both chambers and be enacted into 
law--from the two bills that formed the legislative basis for sanctions 
against North Korea, to innovative measures to confront Iran's 
terrorist proxy, Hezbollah. Throughout, Matt has maintained critical 
relationships on both sides of the aisles in the House and Senate that 
have allowed the Committee to move so much critical legislation. Matt 
worked many long hours in service to the Committee and country, and I 
want to thank his wife Behare and their children--Ari, Isabel, and 
David--for sharing him with us. We wish Matt the best as he departs the 
Committee for a new mission.

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