| In Recognition Of Dr. Sharon Root |
May 6, 2013 |
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Frank Pallone, D-NJ
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"Dr. Sharon Root graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York College of Podiatric Medicine. Previously, she completed Biological Sciences and Pre-medical studies at Rutgers University—Newark and earned her Associate in Applied Science Degree and was a Highest Honors Graduate in Nursing at County College of Morris. She completed her residency in Podiatric Surgery at The Bryn Mawr Hospital in 1993 and currently practices in Succasunna, New Jersey."
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| Marketplace Fairness Act Of 2013 |
April 24, 2013 |
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Patrick Toomey, R-PA
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"For instance, the FAA spends $540 million a year on consultants. That is nice. I am not sure all of that is as important as keeping planes flying in the air. The FAA operates a fleet of 46 aircraft. That costs $143 million a year—very nice indeed. Probably not as important as making sure planes are coming and going from La Guardia and Kennedy and Newark and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and across the country. The FAA budget includes $1 billion more in grants for airport improvements. I am a pilot. I fly in and out of lots of airports and it is great when a nice little airport has a new taxiway, terrific, but is it truly as important as keeping our air traffic controllers there on the job? These are the kinds of tradeoffs we ought to be making."
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| Honoring The Frank O’Hara Association |
April 12, 2013 |
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Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ
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"Frank O’Hara immigrated to America in the 1920s with just a primary school education, but a drive to succeed. While working with the Hudson Tubes (now PATH) and Prudential Insurance Company, he opened a speak-easy on Bergen Street, Newark. After prohibition was repealed in 1933, Frank O’Hara opened a tavern on Central Avenue, Newark. Later, in 1932, he married Louise O’Kane, a fellow native of Ireland who shared his deep faith and devotion to family. They became parents to nine children, and thirty grandchildren. Today there are now fifty-five great-grandchildren as well as two great-great-grandchildren, and the family continues to grow."
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| Honoring The Roseland Fire Department Centennial |
April 12, 2013 |
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Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ
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"Helped along by the Newark Fire Department, located slightly over ten miles away, the committee was able to assess their needs and request funds from the town for equipment. The town council of Roseland enthusiastically endorsed the fire company, a “Thomas Flyer” engine and twenty helmets were purchased. Excited to display their new engine, the Roseland Volunteer Fire Company marched along it in the Caldwell parade that year, where it ironically caught fire. Though it was later repaired, then Chief stated, “It took a long time to live that one down.”"
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| Honoring The 50Th Anniversary Of The Children’S Institute (Tci) |
April 12, 2013 |
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Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ
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"The Children’s Institute began as an orphanage in Newark, New Jersey in 1883. Eventually in the 1960s, after recognizing that there were other needs in the community, the board decided to convert the orphanage into a school for children with emotional and behavioral disabilities that were not currently being cared for by local schools. In 1963, The Children’s Institute, located in Livingston, New Jersey, was formed as one of the first statewide, non-profit special education facilities. For the next forty-six years, TCI continued to help children until expansion was needed as a result of the growing needs of the community. In 1999, the Children’s institute was able to move into a much larger, 47,000 square ft. facility, in Verona, New Jersey, donated by the Swiss global health-care pharmaceutical company, Hoffmann-LaRoche."
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