[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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        CLARKSON S. FISHER FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE

  A bill (H.R. 1303) to designate the Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse located at 402 East State Street in Trenton, NJ, as the 
``Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, was 
considered, ordered to a third reading and passed.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President. I stand today to ask my colleagues to 
support H.R. 1303 which will designate the new courthouse building in 
Trenton as the ``Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse.'' This legislation passed the House on May 4, 1993 and was 
approved by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on 
January 27, 1994.
  By naming this new courthouse after Judge Clarkson S. Fisher we are 
recognizing a man who has dedicated some 35 years of his life to public 
service. This tribute is appropriate and richly deserved by a man who 
has given so much to the State of New Jersey and to our country.
  The greatest tribute to Judge Fisher's abilities comes from his 
colleagues. Judge Fisher's fellow judges have requested that Congress 
bestow this honor on a man whom they feel typifies fairness, compassion 
and impartiality, the highest qualities that members of their 
profession strive everyday to achieve.
  From 1958 to 1964 Judge Fisher served as councilman in West Long 
Branch, NJ. After the 1963 election, Judge Fisher was appointed to the 
Monmouth County Court, where he served until being appointed to New 
Jersey's Superior Court in 1966.
  It was in 1970 when Judge Fisher's talents were recognized at the 
Federal level and he was appointed by President Nixon to sit on the 
U.S. District Court. This is the level at which he has served with 
distinction for the past 23 years. At the U.S. District Court he served 
as associate, and then chief judge, and now senior judge.
  As we all know public service has its costs. However, Judge Fisher 
never lost sight of the most important thing in life, his family. 
Married in 1949 to his lovely wife Mae, they raised four sons: Albert 
James, Clarkson, Jr., Scott and Daniel.
  Again, I urge passage of H.R. 1303 to honor Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, 
public servant and loving husband and father.

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