On the recordApril 6, 2011
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I really am honored to be on the floor with two great congressmen, Congressman Pallone and Congressman Lance. I know the three of us served in the New Jersey legislature. John Adler was a great New Jersey Senator. He was everything but a Harvard man. In other words, he didn't act like a Harvard man. You could connect with him. He was a human being, above everything else. He was tenacious on the campaign trail, but he was more valuable as a public servant. He took what he did very seriously. He was sincere, very hardworking. He did his homework before each vote. He would never allow anyone to lead him by the nose to vote. Very independent thinker. Not unlike Pallone and Lance. He was not a Trenton guy. He was not a Washington guy. He came here to do a job. I could not believe when I heard the news, a 51-year-old young man. Compared to me he's a young man. He had so much to give and he gave it. He really loved the public that he served. He will be greatly missed by Democrats and Republicans on this floor. To his wife, Shelley, and their four beautiful sons, Jeff, Alex, Andrew, and Oliver, you have friends here. This is by no means the end. Growing up in Haddonfield and coming to Washington, it was no difference to John Adler. He truly loved his fellow man. He truly did what he was supposed to do here on his mission. Folks voted him here. Even when things didn't go well in the last election, he rose above.…
