[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 154 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING W. CARY EDWARDS

  (Mr. LANCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one of New 
Jersey's great public servants, W. Cary Edwards, who passed away in 
October at the age of 66.
  Over the course of four decades in public life, Cary Edwards served 
at the highest levels of New Jersey government, including as State 
assemblyman, chief counsel to Governor Thomas H. Kean, and State 
attorney general. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the New 
Jersey State Commission of Investigation.
  To me, he was a wonderful mentor and good friend. I had the honor of 
working under him and learning from him when he served as Governor 
Kean's chief counsel in the first half of the 1980s. Cary Edwards 
inspired a whole generation of young people in the field of law and 
public policy. He will be remembered as an inspiring leader in the 
State of New Jersey.
  To his wonderful wife, Lynn, his daughters and sister and to the 
entire Edwards family, we extend our deepest sympathy. W. Cary Edwards 
of Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey, will be greatly missed by the 
people of our State.

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