Senator Lautenberg reads to children at the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.  Senator Lautenberg joined Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ-10; right) and Newark Beth Israel’s Executive Director Dr. John Brennan, to celebrate the donation of 1,000 books to the hospital as part of the “Reach Out and Read” program. (Photo taken by Jerry Casciano Photography; February 11, 2008)