[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E782-E783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING GARRETT L. RESSING ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM FEDERAL 
                                SERVICE

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 2021

  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House to join me in 
recognizing Garrett L. Ressing for his thirty years of outstanding 
federal service as a civilian attorney for the Department of the Navy's 
Office of the General Counsel (OGC). He lives in Southern Maryland, in 
the Fifth District, and I am honored to represent him and so many other 
talented and hardworking federal civilian employees in Congress.
  Since he began his distinguished career with OGC in l990, Garrett has 
held several attorney positions. Notably, he became a member of the 
Senior Executive Service in November 2008. In April 2015, he was 
selected to serve as the Deputy General Counsel, and in March 2019 he 
was designated Principal Deputy General Counsel. During his tenure in 
this last position as the Navy Department's most senior career 
attorney, Garrett twice served as the Acting General Counsel of the 
Navy--a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position--from March 
2019 to January 2020 and again from January 2021 to August 2021.
  Garrett excelled at advising the Secretary of the Navy during an 
unprecedented global pandemic. He provided steady leadership during a 
time of major change within the Department of the Navy and furnished 
crucial legal and operational advice necessary to move the Navy

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forward in light of an increasingly complex global security 
environment. Garrett has distinguished himself as an attorney who 
worked tirelessly to provide proactive, accurate, and innovative legal 
advice on legally complex, sensitive issues impacting operations, 
procurement, fiscal matters, labor, ethics issues, environmental 
concerns, and intelligence law. Furthermore, he has demonstrated an 
unmatched record of leadership while overseeing the provision of legal 
advice by more than 800 civilian and military attorneys within OGC, 
ensuring the successful execution of Navy and Marine Corps missions 
worldwide.
  Throughout his career, Garrett has received various awards for his 
outstanding contributions to the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), 
and our nation. These include the Department of the Navy Meritorious 
and Superior Civilian Service Awards, the Presidential Rank Award of 
Meritorious Executive, and other performance-related accolades.
  Madam Speaker, I offer Garrett my congratulations on retiring from 
federal service after a career of great contribution to our Nation's 
defense and to the well-being of all those who have served in the Navy. 
I hope all of my colleagues will join me in recognizing Garrett L. 
Ressing as he reaches this milestone and in wishing him all the best in 
the future.

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