[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING TOBY SOLOMON, AN ANGEL IN ADOPTION

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 26, 2008

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, before this session of Congress adjourns, I 
would like to take a moment to ask my colleagues here in the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring a very special person, Ms. Toby 
Solomon, who was recently selected as an Angel in Adoption by the 
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
  Over two decades ago, Ms. Solomon formed and chaired an adoption 
subcommittee in order to address amendments to the New Jersey Adoption 
Statute and other adoption issues. Based on her prior personal and 
professional experience, she had become aware that adoption was an area 
which needed both reform and advocacy. The committee she chaired 
accomplished the task of writing amendments to the existing adoption 
legislation and getting the amendments passed by the legislature. The 
amendments to the Statute brought forth a wide range of new and much-
needed concepts to the adoption process. Ms. Solomon also founded and 
chaired the Children's Rights Committee.
  Ms. Solomon has been tireless in her efforts to educate other 
attorneys and clients about the adoption process. Her many 
contributions include lecturing on the topic and composing articles on 
adoption in order to educate both professionals and prospective 
adoptive parents.
  Please join me in congratulating one of our unsung heroines from my 
home state of New Jersey, Ms. Toby Solomon, on being named an Angel in 
Adoption for 2008.

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