Political Quotes

“It gives me great pride to inform my colleagues that Jon Dudas, former counsel to the Speaker, and former key member of my staff when I was Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has been nominated by the President to the crucial post of Under Secretary of Commerce. I include my testimony in support of his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the information of my colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here today to support the President's excellent choice for the crucial position of Under Secretary of Commerce, Jon Dudas. I have known Jon for almost a decade. After he graduated from law school at the University of Chicago, he came to Capitol Hill and worked in my congressional office as a legislative counsel. When I first became Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jon moved over as counsel to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property which has jurisdiction over the complex issues of patent law. Shortly thereafter, I named him Staff Director and Deputy General Counsel of the full Judiciary Committee. During those extremely busy and trying years for the Congress and the Committee, I came to know Jon very well, and I became personally acquainted with his strong leadership, tremendous loyalty, unwavering integrity and the ability to accomplish his assigned mission under tremendous pressure.”