[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           RABBI MOSHE BOMZER

  (Mr. McNULTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, I join with all of my colleagues in 
congratulating Bob, and look forward to working with him here in the 
House of Representatives.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to introduce to the Members of the House my 
good friend Rabbi Moshe Bomzer, the spiritual leader of Congregation 
Beth Abraham-Jacob of Albany, New York. Rabbi Bomzer delivered the 
opening prayer today, and, incidentally, for those who have been around 
here for a while, he also delivered the opening prayer 20 years ago 
this month.
  Following in the footsteps of his father, who has led Brooklyn 
congregations for the past 45 years, Rabbi Bomzer is now celebrating 
the 13th year, his ``Bar Mitzvah year,'' Mazeltov, as the spiritual 
leader of the largest Orthodox Jewish Congregation in our State's 
Capital District.
  In addition to his congregational duties, Mr. Speaker, Rabbi Bomzer 
is also the Chairman of the Chaplaincy Committee of the Capital 
District Board of Rabbis, serving as Chaplain at the Albany 
Correctional Facility, St. Peter's Hospital, and Teresian House.
  In 1996, Governor George Pataki appointed him to the Kosher Law 
Enforcement Advisory Board. Last year he was appointed a National Vice 
President of the Rabbinical Council of America.
  Mr. Speaker, he has won the respect and admiration of his 
congregation and of our community as a whole, for his tireless 
dedication to the preservation of Judaism and the Jewish heritage. We 
are honored to have him here today, along with his wife, Rachael, and a 
large delegation from the Hebrew Academy of the Capital District.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, let me just say a word of special thanks to my 
friend Moshe for the part of his prayer that dealt with saluting the 
men and women who wore the uniform of the United States military 
through the years. Had it not been for their service, we would not have 
the privilege of bragging about how we live in the freest and most open 
democracy on the face of the earth.
  Freedom is not free. On behalf of my brother Bill, who made the 
supreme sacrifice, and all of those who made the supreme sacrifice, and 
all of those who served in our Armed Forces through the years, like the 
late Pete D'Alessandro from Watervliet, New York, Congressional Medal 
of Honor winner, Moshe, I thank you.

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