[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN MEMORIAM--THE HONORABLE FRANCISCO CASTRO ADA

  (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a man who served 
our country and who served the Northern Mariana Islands with great 
honor and distinction.
  The Honorable Francisco Castro Ada passed away on March 2. His state 
funeral is on Wednesday.
  Mr. Ada pulled himself up by his own efforts, but his efforts always 
pulled up others as well.
  He had to go to Guam to get a high school diploma, but he returned 
home to teach others. He went to Hawaii to earn a college degree, and 
again, he returned home to help his community.
  He served as district administrator for the United Nations Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands, overseeing the Northern Marianas' 
transition to a Commonwealth of the United States. Then he was elected 
as our first Lieutenant Governor. Though a public figure, Mr. Ada never 
lost touch with his family.
  His guidance shows that the Ada family is one of our most 
distinguished--a doctor, lawyers, public servants--each leaders in 
their own right and, in many ways, Francisco C. Ada's greatest legacy.

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