bill pascrell: this has a special significance. i have lived all my life in paterson, new jersey. it is part of my congressional district. i do not live too far from the falls. so i have a lot of great fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington to develop the first industrial city in the united states, with the technology that was brought from europe. so this site, this national site, which has been named a national park for the last seven years, it is a new park. and usually the park service is not into urban parks, but this is right smack in the middle of urban america, industrial urban america. with some problems of course, industrialization, it has changed. even though there is still manufacturing going on, but this combines the aesthetics of the great falls which is the second-largest falls in the east. with the great historic happenings of the great falls, the industrial revolution, first submarine, first cars or trains. we had tremendous engines that were built in paterson, new jersey. more engines came out of paterson than in any place in ame

bill pascrell: this has a special significance. i have lived all my life in paterson new jersey. part of my congressional district. i have been with [indiscernible] so i have a lot of great fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington to develop the first industrial city in the united states, with the technology that was brought from europe. so this site, this national site, which has been named a national park for the last seven years, it is a new park. and usually the park service is not into urban parks, but this is right smack in the middle of urban america, industrial urban america. with some problems of course, industrialization, it has changed. even though there is still manufacturing going on, but this comes behind the aesthetics of the great walls, which is the second-largest wall in the east. with the great historic happenings of the great walls, the industrial revolution, first trains.e, first cars or we had tremendous engines that were built in paterson, new jersey. more engines came out of paterson then in any place in america. it was the