[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     TRIBUTE TO JUDGE MARY MURGUIA

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 26, 2000

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a Kansas 
native and former resident of the Third Congressional District of 
Kansas, Mary Murguia, who on October 3rd was confirmed, by voice vote, 
by the U.S. Senate as a Federal District Court Judge for the District 
of Arizona.
  Mary Murguia is the first Latina to be appointed to the federal bench 
in Arizona. The daughter of Alfred and Amalia Murguia, she and her six 
brothers and sisters grew up in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas 
City, Kansas, where her parents still reside. She received bachelor's 
degrees in Spanish and journalism from the University of Kansas in 1982 
and a law degree from KU in 1985.
  Mary began her law career as an assistant district attorney for the 
Wyandotte County district attorney's office in Kansas City, Kansas; in 
1990 she was appointed as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Arizona, where 
she served until 1998. Since that time, she worked in the Department of 
Justice in Washington, D.C., as the director of the Executive Office 
for U.S. Attorneys, where she served as liaison between the Attorney 
General, the offices and agencies of the Justice Department, and the 94 
U.S. Attorneys' offices.
  Mary's brother, Carlos Murguia, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last 
year as the first Latino Federal District Court Judge for the District 
of Kansas; her twin sister, Janet Murguia, served as Deputy Assistant 
to the President and Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs for 
President Clinton and is now Deputy Campaign Manager for Constituency 
Outreach for the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity today to pay 
tribute to newly appointed Federal District Court Judge Mary Murguia 
and I wish her a lengthy and personally rewarding career in public 
service on the federal bench.

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