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“TRIBUTE TO JAMES HEALY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S8193 on July 25, 2006.
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TRIBUTE TO JAMES HEALY
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I to pay tribute to a fine New Jerseyan and a great friend of my State, James Healy. News of Jim's untimely passing this past Friday at the age of 48 saddened all of us in the New Jersey delegation. His great personality and tremendous work ethic truly made him a pleasure to work with and an asset to his organization, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, NJDOT.
For nearly 20 years, Jim held several important posts within the department. Most recently, he served as the NJDOT's Federal liaison. Jim was an expert on Federal legislative, regulatory, and finance issues. He provided my office with valuable expertise and advice concerning subjects of great importance to New Jersey.
New Jersey is the most densely populated State in the Union, and the movement of people and goods through its travel corridors is of utmost importance, not just to New Jerseyans, but for the entire regional economy.
Jim guided the New Jersey delegation through Federal highway bill authorizations, which took years to accomplish. The most recent one, SAFETEA-LU, took 2 years to complete. Jim also worked closely with New Jersey members on aviation reauthorization bills, including the VISION-
100 legislation passed in 2003.
He advocated for the State's priorities, including legislation to help preserve open spaces in New Jersey. My staff and I had the pleasure of working with him many times on these bills and he was always a consummate professional: well-informed, thorough in his work, and always extraordinarily helpful.
When a former NJDOT commissioner served as president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO, Jim served as liaison to AASHTO staff, where he helped coordinate and set national transportation policy goals.
Jim was an assistant professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and was a 1979 graduate of William Paterson University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. He received his law degree in 1983 from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ.
Jim is survived by his parents, Philip and Hannah Healy of Wayne, NJ, and his brothers and sisters, Joseph Healy, Mary Jo Ridge, Kathleen Bianco, Teresa Hoey, and Joan Wielenta. My heart goes out to Jim's family during this difficult time.
I salute the life and memory of this great son of New Jersey, Jim Healy. May he rest in peace.
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