[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING MAYOR JAMES ``JIM'' OSCOVITCH, TOWNSHIP OF BYRAM, NEW JERSEY

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 25, 2017

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mayor James 
``JIM'' Oscovitch from the Township of Byram, New Jersey.
  Mayor James ``JIM'' Oscovitch has given over 20 years of service to 
the Township of Byram and its residents as an elected official, 
beginning his first term as a Council member in 1997 and then becoming 
Mayor in 2009. During that time, he served on its Planning Board and 
Recreation Committee. Jim has also served on the Board of Directors for 
the New Jersey Conference of Mayors, and as a member of Legislative 
Committee on Land Use for the New Jersey League of Municipalities.
  Jim is also very active within the community. He was a founding Board 
member of the Friends of Waterloo Village; a past Co-Chairman of the 
Andover-Byram Chamber of Commerce; and a past Board of Governors member 
and Parliamentarian of the Cranberry Lake Community Club. He has also 
served as a coach in the Township's youth sports programs and Byram's 
Boy Scout Troop 276, along with his son Matthew. An outdoors 
enthusiast, Jim can regularly be seen hiking and biking local trails, 
or conducting spin classes at a local fitness center.
  Jim has always been a very ``hands-on'' elected official, and in over 
eight years as Mayor, he has worked hard to establish a high level of 
professionalism within the township. Jim quickly earned a reputation 
for maintaining respect and decorum during public meetings. As ``the 
face of Byram Township,'' he has earned the respect of our neighboring 
municipalities and Sussex County, working closely with them to 
establish and maintain shared services programs.
  Jim Oscovitch is ending his over two decades of service to Byram on 
December 31, 2017. As Byram's Mayor--and most importantly, as a friend 
to Byram residents--Jim motivates everyone he works with to do their 
best. I am proud to have someone of his caliber among my constituents.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and our colleagues join me in 
congratulating Mayor James ``Jim'' Oscovitch, on the occasion of his 20 
years of extraordinary public service.

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