Sean Patrick Maloney: “I rise to express my deep sadness to learn of the passing of one of my good friends and colleagues, Paul Gillmor. Paul…”

“I rise to express my deep sadness to learn of the passing of one of my good friends and colleagues, Paul Gillmor. Paul was the ranking member of the Financial Institutions Subcommittee that I chair, and I had the great privilege of working with him on so many important issues throughout the years. In fact, this morning at the hearing we were holding on the subprime mortgage crisis, I had reserved 4 minutes for Paul to speak and he didn't come to the meeting. He was always punctual, and so we sent a staff member out to find him and found out the very, very sad news. Paul was a distinguished Representative representing Ohio for many years. He held some partisan positions as the minority deputy whip; but on Financial Services, he was always ready to reach across the aisle and to work in a bipartisan way for the safety and soundness of our financial institutions and protections of consumer concerns. He had a great deal of experience in banking, and in fact had run banks back in his home State of Ohio, so he brought the practical common sense of having known the business firsthand, and he always had valuable insights. Just before we broke for our August work period, we had introduced a bill together on file freeze and negotiated various aspects that he thought was important for the bill. He was an outstanding person. He served in Vietnam and he was a distinguished veteran. He served in the Air Force and achieved the status of captain.”