congressional_record: CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE234
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| CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE234 | 1994-10-08 | 103 | 2 | IN HONOR OF REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUGHES | HOUSE | EXTENSIONS | FRONTMATTER | E | E | [{"name": "Romano L. Mazzoli", "role": "speaking"}] | 140 Cong. Rec. E | Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994) [Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [Congressional Record: October 8, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] IN HONOR OF REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUGHES ______ speech of HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI of kentucky in the house of representatives Thursday, October 6, 1994 Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I pay tribute to Representative Bill Hughes, my close friend and colleague of 20 years. Bill Hughes, a native of Salem, NJ, and lifelong resident of New Jersey, is a consummate Congressman. Since he was first elected to Congress in 1974, he has always remembered, in the words of former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, that ``* * * all politics is local.'' In keeping with this belief, Bill Hughes, throughout his career, has spent all but one weekend per year in New Jersey's Second District. Bill understood early into the game that you never forget who sent you here and you never forget your roots back home. Bill Hughes has devoted much of his professional life in the area of law enforcement serving 10 years as a prosecuting attorney in Cape May County, NJ, and 20 years in Congress as a member of the House Judiciary Committee. In his capacity as chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, he has spearheaded efforts to establish boot camps for the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders and has pushed Congress to appropriate funds for new prisons. He has also led the fight against computer crime, child pornography, firearms violations, arson, drug offenders, product tampering, and many other problems plaguing our Nation. Along with his work as chairman of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration and his work on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Bill Hughes has also been very supportive of campaign finance reform legislation, an issue in which I have also been very involved. In his own campaigns, Bill Hughes has sought to raise most of his campaign funds from small individual contributions, rather than from sources outside the State of New Jersey. He has limited PAC contributions to less than a third of his total campaign funds and he suggests that other members follow suit. Through his work as chairman of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration, Bill Hughes has worked diligently to protect the interests of authors of software programs and books, composers, and film makers throughout the country as well as other areas of the world. He has also been very instrumental in advancing the GATT negotiations, working to remove trade barriers and strengthen the U.S. economy. Bill has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including: The Senior Distinguished Alumni Award for Rutgers University; the Leo Fraser Super Achiever Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation; Man of the Year award by the Girl Scouts of America and; Congressman of the Year award by the National Association of Police Organizations. But above all of these recognitions, Bill Hughes' most lasting tribute is that the people of New Jersey's Second Congressional District has reposed their faith and trust in him for two decades and would have done so for another two decades or more if Bill and Nancy, his beloved wife, were not anxious to return home to start a new phase of their life. For my part, I am losing a friend and a seatmate of long standing. I wish him, Nancy, and the family the best of health and happiness in retirement. ____________________ |