[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO GARY WASSERSON

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a fellow 
Pennsylvanian, Gary Wasserson, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
  A little over a year ago following the beginning of Russia's full-
scale invasion of Ukraine, Gary found out that he had distant cousins 
in Lviv. That realization prompted him to act, and soon he was on the 
Poland-Ukraine border assembling a team to cross the border and bring 
his relatives to safety.
  Gary didn't stop there.
  He has helped build an entire support network coming to the aid of 
Ukrainians in need: assisting in the successful extraction of thousands 
of Ukrainians to safe havens in Poland, Slovakia, Moldova, and across 
Western Europe; and sending hundreds of thousands of pounds of needed 
aid into Ukraine. Gary recently brought a gravely injured Ukrainian 
soldier to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City where he 
was able to receive the complex medical procedures that he urgently 
needed.
  These are just a few examples of the profound difference that Gary, a 
private citizen, is making.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Gary for his compassion, for his willingness to 
act, and his dedication to standing with the Ukrainian people as they 
continue to resist this horrific war of aggression.

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