[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING JOSEPH FRATTA

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                        HON. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 2021

  Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Joseph Fratta, 
the New York State Trustee for District Ill and an Overseer to the Fr. 
Vincent Capodanno Lodge. Born in 1948, Joseph was raised in Little 
Italy, where he worked at his family's floral shop. In 1968, he was 
drafted to fight in Vietnam, where he was highly decorated. After one 
skirmish where he was hurt, he turned down his Purple Heart because he 
did not want to worry his mother about his injuries. While in Vietnam, 
Joseph sought to build an orphanage for the dozens of orphans in the 
village he was stationed in. With the help of others, Joseph was able 
to get the orphanage up and running, where he cared for twenty-five 
children. In 1999, he joined the Order of the Sons of Italy, quickly 
rising up the ranks. Joseph is a dedicated member of the Lodge, 
chairing the Arbitration Committee and Cancer Research on the state 
level. Joseph now lives in Staten Island where he is a caring husband, 
father, and grandfather.

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