[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  REMEMBERING AND MOURNING JOHN ADLER

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe that John Adler's life was 
cut so short. I really want to reach out to Shelley, his children, and 
his friends. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the entire Adler 
family. John was a friend, my wife was a friend with his wife, and my 
daughter was a friend of one of his sons.
  It is amazing to me that he was able to accomplish so much in the 
short time that he was here. He grew up in real adversity. He was 
really kind of a person--I wouldn't say rags to riches, but I would say 
someone who had a very hard life growing up and at a young age was very 
successful, went to Harvard undergraduate, Harvard Law School, became a 
successful attorney, and then became a member of the State Senate for 
many years and chairman of the State Senate Judiciary Committee before 
he was elected to Congress. But beyond that, he also had a great sense 
of humor. I think many of us know many times when we were on the floor 
and you would go up and ask him about something, and he would tell you 
a joke or make fun of something. That was another aspect of him that I 
could certainly never forget.
  He decided at a young age that he was going to make a life in 
government. He could have done so many things, made a lot of money, but 
instead decided to devote his life to politics. My heart goes out to 
him. I want to remember him as an admirable example for so many of us.

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