[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18548-18549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     TRIBUTE TO SENATOR LAUTENBERG

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Wilson). Under a previous order of the 
House, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HOLT. Madam Speaker, it is an honor to rise today to join the New 
Jersey congressional delegation and my colleagues in paying tribute to 
Senator Frank Lautenberg. This legislation which we passed earlier in 
the day

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to name the post office and courthouse at Federal Square in Newark 
after the Senator is just one small way to honor a man who has done so 
much for New Jersey and the Nation. I will be delighted to support it 
and I am pleased to see the House take it up.
  Frank Lautenberg, born into an immigrant family residing in Paterson, 
New Jersey, Frank and his family dealt with numerous obstacles and 
struggles that were common experiences for many Americans during the 
1920s. After moving from city to city, the Lautenbergs and Lautenberg's 
father found work at the renowned silk mills in Paterson. His father 
was soon able to eke out a living to support his family. Sadly, just as 
Frank was on the brink of manhood, he lost his father to cancer.
  Upon his graduation from Nutley High School, Frank Lautenberg 
enlisted and served in the Army's Signal Corps in Europe during World 
War II. After serving his country, he attended the prestigious Columbia 
University on the GI Bill where he studied economics.
  With his eyes set on the innovations of the future, Lautenberg, 
accompanied by two childhood friends, founded Automatic Data 
Processing, a payroll services company. ADP quickly rose up the ladder 
of business and emerged as one of the world's largest computing service 
companies with over 33,000 people on its payroll.
  Since his election to the Senate in 1982, Frank Lautenberg has given 
back to the State of New Jersey and our Nation throughout his 
senatorial career. By writing laws that established age 21 as the 
national drinking age, by banning smoking on airplanes and forbidding 
domestic violence abusers from owning guns, Lautenberg insured the 
health and security of our families.
  As a strong environmental leader, Frank Lautenberg sought to protect 
all aspects of our beautiful environment, mainly through the Superfund 
program to clean up toxic waste sites, the clean air and safe drinking 
water acts, and the Pets on Planes acts. With the best interests of New 
Jersey and New Jersey's beaches in mind, Frank Lautenberg wrote 
legislation that would ban ocean dumping of sewage, rid our beaches of 
garbage, control medical waste, and stop oil drilling off our famed 
Jersey shore.
  Standing as an example of an American success story, Frank Lautenberg 
has dedicated 18 years of his career to public service here in the 
United States Capitol and in New Jersey. And, despite his retirement, 
Senator Lautenberg will always be remembered for his many contributions 
made to better the lives of millions of Americans. I am sure he will 
continue to dedicate himself to improving lives, to healing the world.
  On a more personal note, no one has done more to help me as a new 
member of the New Jersey congressional delegation than Senator Frank 
Lautenberg. His advice, guidance and assistance are things that I will 
always remember with gratitude.

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