[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 149 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7593-H7594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MAY GOD BLESS JERRY SOLOMON

  (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, yesterday you led a delegation to upstate 
New York to attend the funeral services of Congressman Jerry Solomon; 
and today our hearts go out to his wonderful wife, Freda, and their 
children and grandchildren on this tremendous loss for their family and 
for our country.
  Jerry Solomon was a friend of mine for 30 years, and I served with 
him in this House for the past 10 years. He will be most remembered as 
a friend to veterans everywhere, and I am so happy that he lived to see 
the day when the United States won the Cold War, to be around to 
witness the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the tearing down 
of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union into individual 
democratic republics.

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  He is someone who always remembered that freedom is not free, we paid 
a tremendous price for it; and he tried to always express his gratitude 
to all of the men and woman who wore the uniform of the United States 
military, because he understood had it not been for them, their efforts 
and their sacrifice, we would not have the privilege of going around 
bragging about how we live in the freest and most open democracy on the 
face of the Earth.
  It is so fitting that he was buried in Saratoga National Cemetery, 
which he worked 15 years to produce for the people of upstate New York.
  Mr. Speaker, Jerry Solomon was famous for constantly saying ``God 
bless America''; and today, I say may God bless Jerry Solomon.

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