More than 900 business and legislative leaders descended upon the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. for the Congressional Dinner which included addresses by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton); Col. Frederick Thaden, commander of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst; and NJTV Senior Political Correspondent Michael Aron, a 34-year veteran of Trenton politics who has interviewed every governor, legislative leader and chief justice in New Jersey since 1982.