[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E69]
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RECOGNIZING MOH SHARMA AND HER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 30, 2023

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Moh Sharma for her 
tireless work for the House Judiciary Committee.
  Within the U.S. House of Representatives, Moh is an institution. 
Prior to serving on the Committee, Moh worked for Representative Judy 
Chu of California, the Democratic Caucus under then-Chairman Xavier 
Becerra, and the House Small Business Committee under then-Ranking 
Member Nydia Velazquez. In each of those jobs, with kindness and care, 
Moh made certain that her members were prepared for every hearing, 
every markup, and every trip to the House floor. She dispensed sage 
advice along with fact sheets, issue briefs, and summaries of floor 
activity. There is virtually no Democratic office in the House that has 
not worked with her on some project, and everyone with whom she has 
worked walks away impressed by her calm and her expertise.
  And, of course, Moh has been a mentor and role model to an entire 
generation of staffers on Capitol Hill. Over the years, she has served 
in various leadership positions within the Congressional Asian Pacific 
American Staff Association, including as its president from 2013 to 
2019 and as the founder of its advisory board. A graduate of the City 
University of New York School of Law, she has also served as president 
of the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. and remains on 
its board today.
  Underlying these achievements is a steady commitment to diversity, 
inclusion, and opportunity for all who would make America their home.
  Moh came to the Committee in 2019 to help with, and eventually to 
direct, our member services operation. As a member of my senior staff 
and one of the Committee's most trusted advisors, she oversaw our 
legislative agenda, whipped our markups, and managed our activity on 
the House floor.
  Moh seemed to know where every one of our members could be found at 
any moment we might need them--no small feat in the COVID-19 era--and 
managed to cajole more than one of us back into the hearing room for a 
key moment in a markup. This past Congress, no vote in our hearing room 
was taken without Moh first accounting for every member of the 
Committee, and no vote was gaveled closed without a knowing nod from 
Moh to the Chair.
  The quality of her work is evident. l know--from a report that Moh 
herself compiled--that, in the 117th Congress alone, our Committee 
marked up more than 100 bills, passed more than 100 bills on the House 
floor, and sent over 40 bills to President Biden for his signature. We 
owe every one of these victories, in no small part, to Moh's patience 
and persistence.
  Moh is not traveling far. She has joined the office of Democratic 
Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and the Committee's loss is most definitely the 
Leader's gain.
  Nevertheless, we will miss Moh very much. I thank her for her service 
to the Committee and I look forward, very much, to watching her 
contribute to the cause for many years to come.

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