[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             FRANK R. LAUTENBERG POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE

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                               speech of

                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 19, 2000

  Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to honor Senator 
Frank R. Lautenberg, as a co-sponsor of H.R. 4975, designating the post 
office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square in Newark, New 
Jersey, as the Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse.
  I can think of few individuals who have done so much for New Jersey 
to earn such an honor.
  Senator Frank Lautenberg is the personification of the American 
Dream. He was born to poor, hard-working immigrants in Paterson, New 
Jersey. It did not say Senator on his birth certificate. He had to work 
for everything he got.
  Frank Lautenberg enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served proudly in 
Europe during World War II. And thanks to the G.I. Bill, he received an 
education and used it to build a company from scratch.
  That company, ADP, is now the largest payroll company in the world, 
and employs 33,000 people.
  Frank Lautenberg unselfishly used his success to help others. He has 
been one of the United States Senate's most tireless advocates for 
improving the health of all our families. The list of his 
accomplishments is both distinguished and long.
  He has been one of the most strident advocates in taking on the 
tobacco companies to help our children. He was the leader in outlawing 
smoking on commercial flights.
  He authored the nation's first Right to Know environmental 
legislation.
  He established 21 as the national legal drinking age, reducing drunk 
driving deaths.
  He helped to write Superfund, and the Clean Air and Safe Drinking 
Water Acts . . . And so much more.
  It is impossible to find any piece of major legislation that improves 
public health that does not have Frank Lautenberg's fingerprints on it.
  And as the capstone of his career, as the ranking member of the 
Senate Budget Committee, he co-authored the Balanced Budget Agreement 
of 1997 that has helped produce the first balanced budget in a 
generation, and perpetuates an unprecedented era of prosperity.
  On a personal note, Frank Lautenberg has always been there for me 
when I needed him, as a friend and a leader of the New Jersey 
delegation.
  That is why I am honored to be there for Frank Lautenberg. I hope 
everyone will join me in thanking him for his public service and 
granting this honor.

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