[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E465-E466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING STATE SENATOR MARK WALCZYK

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                         HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2025

  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor State Senator Mark 
Walczyk from New

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York. State Senator Walczyk started his political career in 2007 as an 
intern for the New York State Senate while he was a student at SUNY 
Albany. After graduating, he worked on then-State Senator Patty 
Ritchie's campaign before being named her Legislative Director and 
eventually becoming District Director in 2013.
  Mark successfully ran for Watertown City Council in 2015, serving for 
three years before his election to the New York State Assembly for the 
116th Assembly District in 2018, and his subsequent reelection in 2020. 
In 2022, when State Senator Patty Ritchie retired, Mark announced his 
candidacy for the seat and won the general election unopposed.
  State Senator Walczyk serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate's 
Elections Committee, Cities 2 Committee, and the Legislative Commission 
on Rural Resources. Additionally, he sits on five other committees 
which are the Banks, Telecommunications, Internet and Technology, 
Energy, and the Housing Committees.
  Mark enlisted in the Army Reserves in 2012 and currently serves as an 
U.S. Army Reserve Engineer Officer and team leader for the 791st 
Forward Engineer Support Team with the rank of Captain. In 2024, Mark 
was deployed to a base in Kuwait spending 290 days in the Middle 
Eastern theater, participating in multiple engineer reconnaissance 
missions throughout the theater, including sites in Jordan, Kuwait, 
Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iraq. Upon completing his mission, Mark 
returned home to Watertown in December 2024 where he lives with his 
wife Jessica and their children.
  Mark is well known as a man dedicated to his family and his country. 
He is a leader to his constituents delivering results for his district 
and fighting for the future of New York State. On behalf of New York's 
21st Congressional District, I want to thank Mark for his years of 
dedicated public service to his constituents and our country.

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