[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING NEW YORK STATE SENATOR THOMAS P. MORAHAN

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mourn the death of a good 
friend of mine, Senator Thomas P. Morahan of Rockland and Orange 
Counties in New York.
  Senator Morahan and I served together in the New York State Assembly 
back in 1980. He was elected to the State senate in a special election 
in 1999. He is well-known as someone who really cares and cared about 
people. As a Republican, and obviously I am a Democrat, he and I 
reached across the aisle many, many times to work very hard on 
legislation that was important to the constituents whom we served.
  I have been pleased for many years to call Tom a friend. At the 
church on Saturday at his mass, there was an outpouring of people from 
the community and community leaders and political leaders, government 
leaders to show the affection that we all felt for Tom.
  Tom did wonderful work with veterans and mental health and people 
with disabilities, made the lives of countless New Yorkers better. If 
there's one or two words with which I can describe Tom Morahan, it 
would just be a wonderful, wonderful friend, a wonderful gentleman, a 
good friend, and we will certainly miss him.
  He was the kind of person that is the epitome of what public service 
should be, and I want to pay tribute to my good friend, Senator Thomas 
Morahan. May he rest in peace.

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