[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[EXTENSION]
[Page 10716]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JOHN D. FILAMOR

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 8, 2011

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of myself and Ranking 
Member Conyers, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize John 
D. Filamor who is leaving the House to take a position with the 
Department of Justice. Mr. Filamor served in the Office of the General 
Counsel for 10 years, first as a law clerk while he was still a student 
at George Washington University Law School; from 2001-10 as an 
Assistant Counsel; and more recently as a Senior Assistant Counsel. We 
will miss him.
  Mr. Filamor provided frequent and invaluable legal advice and 
representation to the House Committee on the Judiciary, as well as to 
Members, officers and other committees of the House more generally. Our 
staff came to rely on his expertise and guidance in connection with 
many of their investigative and oversight activities, as well as in 
connection with the Committee's interactions with the other branches of 
the Federal Government. Over the years, Mr. Filamor played a 
significant role in safeguarding the legal and institutional interests 
of the House of Representatives.
  Mr. Filamor served the House with great distinction, and we know he 
will serve the Department of Justice with that same level of 
distinction. On behalf of the House Committee on the Judiciary, we 
thank him for his many years of devoted service, and extend to him our 
very best wishes for his continued success.

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