[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2058]
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          TRIBUTE TO NEW JERSEY STATE SENATOR JOSEPH A. PALAIA

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                          HON. MICHAEL PAPPAS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 22, 1997

  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the countless 
efforts that Senator Joseph A. Palaia has made toward children with 
disabilities. Mr. Palaia, a State senator from the Eleventh legislative 
district of New Jersey, has served in the State Senate since 1989. 
Prior to that he served as a New Jersey State assemblyman for 7 years. 
On October 25, 1997, the Search Day Program in Ocean Township, a non-
profit private school for children with autism, will honor Senator 
Palaia with a dinner-dance, a well deserved recognition.
  Senator Palaia, a graduate of Rider College in 1949, with post-
graduate work at both Seton Hall and Rutgers, has been a longtime voice 
for children with disabilities. Moreover, he has sponsored legislature 
to protect and fund school-based programs and services for students 
with disabilities. In fact, in 1987, Senator Palaia was honored by the 
New Jersey Association of Schools, and Agencies for the Handicapped as 
Legislator of the Year.
  Mr. Speaker, Senator Palaia serves as an example to us all on how we 
as responsible legislators, can show compassion towards our disabled 
youth. Senator Palaia's lifelong dedication deserves our wholehearted 
thanks and I commend him on his years of loyal service to our State and 
to those who are sometimes forgotten.

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