[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ROBERT L. BOWSER

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great mayor from my 
district, Robert Bowser, after his passing recently.
  Mayor Bowser served as mayor of East Orange, New Jersey, from 1998 to 
2014. He was the first African American to win a third and fourth term 
in office in the history of East Orange, and he founded the New Jersey 
Conference of Black Mayors and served on the board of the National 
Black Conference of Mayors.
  But his legacy in East Orange is more than his time as mayor. He 
started a small engineering firm that became one of the largest 
minority-owned consulting firms on the East Coast. He was a board 
member for the local Girl Scouts organization and was active with the 
Lions Club and the Kiwanis Club. He even founded a local touch football 
league.
  As we mourn his passing, we remember Mayor Bowser as a dedicated 
public servant, great businessman, and strong community leader.

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