[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7704-7705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING THE HONORABLE PETER FRELINGHUYSEN

  (Mr. BASS of New Hampshire asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BASS of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, yesterday America lost a 
great public servant, a great friend of the State of New Jersey, the 
father of one of my--if not my best friend in Congress, a friend of my 
family's, and just a wonderful guy.
  Mr. Frelinghuysen--as I knew him, Peter Frelinghuysen--served in the 
Congress, as my friend from New Jersey just mentioned, from 1953 to 
1975. He was the second or third oldest former Member of Congress. Now 
my father, who is 98, is the oldest former Member of Congress. Our 
families grew up together. We grew up in the spirit of public service, 
of good friendship, of bipartisanship, and of action.
  I remember Mr. Frelinghuysen so well as a child, bringing us around 
here in the Chamber and around Capitol Hill, and even out to amusement 
parks in the Washington, D.C., area. He was a great father to his five 
children. But most importantly, Mr. Speaker, he was a great American 
and a very fine, distinguished Member of Congress.
  I will miss him. I know his family will miss him. I know the citizens 
of New Jersey will miss him. He was a great American.

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