Recognizing Moh Sharma and Her Service to the House Judiciary Committee

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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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