[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 173 (Thursday, November 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



        Recognizing New Jersey Community Development Corporation

  Mr. HELMY. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute and recognize 
several organizations and individuals from our home State and the great 
State of New Jersey who have been and had a tremendous impact on our 
constituents across our home State and have defined what it means to 
serve their communities and recognize them in the Congressional Record 
for their tireless service to New Jerseyans and put a spotlight on them 
here on the Senate floor.
  First, I want to take this moment to honor New Jersey Community 
Development Corporation for the important work that it has been doing 
in our home State as it approaches its 30th anniversary. NJCDC is 
directly involved in urban revitalization efforts, financial 
empowerment programs, educational initiatives, and other critically 
important youth development activities to help uplift our young people 
and empower the youth of New Jersey.

  The work done by the NJCDC has directly transformed the lives of many 
in the cities of Paterson specifically and the surrounding Passaic 
County.
  I would also want to recognize NJCDC founder and chief executive 
officer and recent inductee to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, Robert 
Guarasci, for all his tremendous work to make this organization what it 
has become today.
  And, of course, we cannot recognize NJCDC without recognizing the 
enormous dedication of a great champion of this Senate floor, the late, 
great Senator Frank Lautenberg, to New Jerseyans and the NJCDC 
specifically, which he loved and championed his whole career.