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NEW JERSEY
Drs. Lew Kay (team leader) and Cavan Brunsden
John H. Adler [D-New Jersey, 3rd District]
Dr. Kay practices and resides in his district
Longworth House Office Building, 1223, Washington, DC 20515-3003
Tel: (202) 225-4765
Fax: (202) 225-0778
Web Form E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/adler/contact-form.shtml
Internet: http://adler.house.gov/index.html
Began Service: 2009
Date of Birth: August 23, 1959
Education: Harvard 1981 AB, 1984 JD
Home City: Cherry Hill
Current Memberships: Member, Camden County Bar Association; Member, New Jersey
State Bar Association; Member, The American Trial Lawyers Association
Career: Council Member, Office of the Mayor and Township Council, Township of
Cherry Hill, New Jersey (1988-1989); Attorney, Adler, Gold, Taylor & Keyser; Board
Member, Governing Board, American Red Cross Camden County Chapter; Board
Member, Executive Committee, Virtua Health Foundation, Virtua Health; Assistant
Minority Leader, New Jersey Senate (1994-2001); Democratic Conference Chair, New
Jersey Senate (2002-2003); Co-Chair, Joint Public School Funding Reform, Joint
Committees, New Jersey State Legislature; Member, Joint Ethical Standards, Joint
Committees, New Jersey State Legislature; Chair, Judiciary, Senate Standing
Committees, New Jersey Senate; Member, Environment, Senate Standing Committees,
New Jersey Senate; State Senator (D-NJ, District 6), New Jersey Senate (1992-2009)
Committee Assignments
Committee
Committee on Financial
Services
Subcommittee(s)
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and
Government Sponsored Enterprises
Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and
Technology
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Committee on Veterans’
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
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Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Scheduler: Scheduler Hailey Ray
E-mail: hailey.ray@mail.house.gov
Career: Programs Assistant, National Women’s Political Caucus
Health staff: Legislative Assistant Hope Mandel
Legislative Responsibilities: Arts/Culture/Entertainment; Campaign Finance;
Education; Elections; Family; Health Care (Doctors/Nurses/Medical
Conditions); Labor; Stem Cell Research; Women’s Issues
E-mail: hope.mandel@mail.house.gov
Education: American U 2005 BA
Career: Staff Assistant, Office of Representative William J. Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ,
District 8), United States House of Representatives (2005-2006); Legislative
Correspondent/System Administrator, Office of Representative William J.
Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ, District 8), United States House of Representatives (20062007); Legislative Correspondent/System Administrator/Scheduler, Office of
Representative William J. Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ, District 8), United States House of
Representatives (2007-2009)
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
[D-New Jersey, 6th District]
Visit with Congressional Liaison Heber Simmons Jr.
AAPD PAC Legislator of the Year 2008
Cannon House Office Building, 237, Washington, DC 20515-3006
Tel: (202) 225-4671
Fax: (202) 225-9665
E-mail: frank.pallone@mail.house.gov
Internet: http://www.house.gov/pallone
Began Service: 1988
Date of Birth: October 30, 1951
Education: Middlebury 1973 BA; Tufts 1974 MA; Rutgers 1978 JD
Home City: Long Branch
Religion: Catholic
Career: Councilman, Office of the City Council, City of Long Branch, New Jersey (19821988); State Senator (D-NJ), New Jersey State Legislature (1983-1988).
Committee Assignments
Committee
Subcommittee(s)
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Committee on Energy and Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer
Commerce
Protection
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Subcommittee on Health, Chairman
Committee on Natural
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Resources
Scheduler: Legislative Assistant/Scheduler Stephanie C. Albanese
Legislative Responsibilities: Agriculture; Appropriations (Agriculture);
Arts/Humanities; Campaign Finance; Census; Civil Rights; Election Reform;
Homelessness; Housing; LGBT Rights; Northern Ireland; Religion; Women’s
Issues
E-mail: stephanie.albanese@mail.house.gov
Education: Maryland 2008 BA
Career: Scheduler, Office of Representative Laura Richardson (D-CA, District 37),
United States House of Representatives (2009); Scheduler, Office of
Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ, District 6), United States House of
Representatives (2009)
Health staff: Legislative Assistant Elana Levanthal
E-mail: elana.levanthal@mail.house.gov
Legislative Responsibilities: Native American Affairs; Public Health Issues
Congressman Rush Holt [D-New Jersey, 12th District]
Dr. Brunsden practices in his district
Longworth House Office Building, 1214, Washington, DC 20515-3012
Tel: (202) 225-5801
Fax: (202) 225-6025
Web Form E-mail: http://holt.house.gov/contact.shtml
Internet: http://holt.house.gov/
Began Service: 1999
Date of Birth: October 15, 1948
Education: Carleton 1970 BA; NYU 1981 MS, 1981 PhD
Home City: Hopewell Township
Religion: Protestant
Current Memberships: Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Member, American Association of Physics Teachers; Member, Population Resource
Center; Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; Member, The American
Physical Society
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Career: Acoustic Physicist, Environmental Protection Administration, City of New York,
New York (1972-1974); Teaching Fellow, Department of Physics, New York University
(1974-1980); Physics Professor, Swarthmore College (1980-1988); Congressional Science
Fellow, Office of Representative Robert W. Edgar (D-PA, District 7), United States House
of Representatives (1982-1983); Acting Chief, Nuclear and Scientific Division, Office of
Strategic Forces Analysis, United States Department of State, Ronald Reagan
Administration (1987-1989); Assistant Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(1989-1997)
Committee Assignments
Committee
Committee on
Appropriations
Subcommittee(s)
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, Chairman
Committee on Education
and Labor
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and
Secondary Education
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and
Pensions
Committee on Natural
Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence
Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management,
Vice Chair
Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, Vice
Chair
Scheduler: Executive Assistant/Scheduler Nicole A. Williams
E-mail: nicolea.williams@mail.house.gov
Career: District Representative, West Windsor Office, Office of Representative
Rush Holt (D-NJ, District 12), United States House of Representatives
Health staff: Legislative Assistant Robert S. Saunders
Legislative Responsibilities: Budget; Health/Health Care; Medicaid; Medicare;
Small Business Issues
E-mail: robert.saunders@mail.house.gov
Education: Duke PhD; William & Mary BS
Career: Congressional Science Fellow, Office of Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ,
District 12), United States House of Representatives (2008-2009)
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Senator Frank R. Lautenberg [D-New Jersey]
Hart Senate Office Building, SH-324, Washington, DC 20510-3002
Tel: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 228-4054
Web Form E-mail: http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Internet: http://lautenberg.senate.gov
Reelection Year: 2008
Began Service: 2003
Previous Service: 1982-2000
Education: Columbia 1949 BS
Home City: Cliffside Park
Religion: Jewish
Current Memberships: Founder, Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor
Immunology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Career: United States Army Signal Corps (1942-1946); Founder/Chief Executive Officer,
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (1952-1982); Commissioner, The Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey, State of New York (1978-1982); U.S. Senator, (D-NJ), Office of
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, United States Senate (1982-2000); Commissioner, New
Jersey Economic Development Authority.
Committee Assignments
Committee
Committee on
Appropriations
Subcommittee(s)
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General
Government
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related
Programs
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development and Related Agencies
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the
Internet
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and
Coast Guard
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant
Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, Chairman
Committee on Environment Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental
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Health, Chairman
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Scheduler: Scheduler Barbara E. “Ellen” Nedrow
E-mail: ellen_nedrow@lautenberg.senate.gov
Health staff: Legislative Assistant Veronica Valdivieso
Legislative Responsibilities: Abortion; Adoption; Children/Family Issues; Drug
Policy; Food and Drugs; Health; Health Care; Medicaid; Medicare; Social
Security; Welfare; Women’s Issues
E-mail: veronica_valdivieso@lautenberg.senate.gov
Senator Robert Menendez [D-New Jersey]
Hart Senate Office Building, SH-528, Washington, DC 20510-3001
Tel: (202) 224-4744
Fax: (202) 228-2197
Web Form E-mail: http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Internet: http://menendez.senate.gov/
Reelection Year: 2012
Began Service: 2006
Date of Birth: January 1, 1954
Education: St Peter’s Col 1976 BA; Rutgers (Newark) 1979 JD
Home City: Hoboken
Religion: Catholic
Current Memberships: Member, American Bar Association; Member, Federal Bar
Association; Member, Hispanic National Bar Association; Member, Hoboken Elks Club;
Member, Hudson County Bar Association; Member, New Jersey Hispanic Elected
Officials Organization; Member, New Jersey State Bar Association; Member, North
Hudson Lawyers’ Club
Career: Member, Board of Education, City of Union City, New Jersey (1974-1978); Chief
Financial Officer, City of Union City, New Jersey (1978-1982); Mayor (D), City of Union
City, New Jersey (1986-1992); State Assemblyman (D-NJ, District 33), New Jersey
General Assembly (1987-1991); State Senator (D-NJ, District 33), New Jersey Senate
(1991-1992); U.S. Representative, (D-NJ, District 13), (1993-2006).
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Committee Assignments
Committee
Subcommittee(s)
Committee on Banking,
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and
Community Development
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment
Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on National Parks
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Committee on Finance
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and
Global Competitiveness
Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term
Growth
Committee on Foreign
Relations
Subcommittee on European Affairs
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign
Assistance, Economic Affairs and International
Environmental Protection, Chairman
Subcommittee on International Operations and
Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global
Women’s Issues
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and
Global Narcotics Affairs
Committee on the Budget
No subcommittee assignments
Scheduler: Scheduler Katharine “Kate” Bluhm
E-mail: katharine_bluhm@menendez.senate.gov
Career: Deputy Scheduler, Office of Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), United
States Senate (2009)
Health staff: Legislative Assistant Emma K. L. Palmer
Legislative Responsibilities: Abortion; Adoption; Children’s Issues; Family
Issues; Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Health Care; Health Issues;
Medicaid; Medicare/Medicaid; Medicare; Faith/Religious Issues; Reproductive
Rights; Social Security; Teenager Issues; Welfare; Women’s Issues
E-mail: emma_palmer@menendez.senate.gov
Career: Staff Assistant, Office of Senator Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ), United States
Senate; Legislative Correspondent, Office of Senator Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ),
United States Senate; Legislative Correspondent, Office of Senator Robert
Menendez (D-NJ), United States Senate (2006-2007); Staff Director, Subcommittee
on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (2009)
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