From N.J. Big Fish to D.C. Small Fry ; Serving in the House Humbles Sires a Bit

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WASHINGTON The first year in Congress has a way of cutting a person down to size.

Just ask Albio Sires, who recently finished his freshman year in the House of Representatives after being speaker of the New Jersey Assembly and, simultaneously, mayor of West New York.

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From N.J. Big Fish to D.C. Small Fry ; Serving in the House Humbles Sires a Bit

"The first year was very difficult," Sires said candidly.

As one of 50-something freshmen representatives the voters sent to Washington last year, the 57-year-old Cuban-born lawmaker spent the past year learning a new set of po...

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