[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 2909-2910]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                APPOINT MIGUEL ESTRADA AS FEDERAL JUDGE

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Madam Speaker, I too join my colleague from California 
(Mr. Dreier). I do not know personally Mr. Estrada, but I understand he 
is considered to be quite outstanding by all those who have known him. 
It is remarkable. It is also my understanding that at the age of 17 he 
came from Honduras and had very limited English abilities, and then he 
ended up going to a university and graduating from Harvard Law School 
magna cum laude and

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served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was, I understand, an 
official in the Clinton administration, actually in the Solicitor 
General's office and has support from former Clinton administration 
people and has support from, I believe, the past six or seven 
Solicitors General of the United States. Truly a premiere candidate to 
serve in this important U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit.
  I just wanted to register my support for this individual, someone who 
is very outstanding, a great American, the first Hispanic to be 
appointed to the court of appeals. It would be outstanding, Madam 
Speaker, and I appreciate the opportunity to voice my support for him 
today.

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