[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING RICHARD ``DICK'' OTTINGER

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, for nearly two decades, Westchester's own 
Richard ``Dick'' Ottinger walked in these Halls as a Congressman and 
served in this Chamber, representing his neighbors with insight and 
energy.
  Dick Ottinger was first elected to the House in 1964. He left to seek 
a seat in the United States Senate in 1970 but returned here in 1974 to 
serve 10 more years. He was an early leader on environmental issues 
before they became commonplace, and his advocacy for the cleanup of the 
Hudson River benefited generations to follow.
  In his post-congressional years, he turned to teaching as a professor 
at Pace University School of Law, with a building being named in his 
honor.
  We lost Dick Ottinger on February 16, and he joins in our memories 
the great House Members from New York who we have recently lost, 
Charlie Rangel and Nita Lowey.
  Dick, like them, is a role model for all of us who serve here today.
  Please join me in a moment of silence to honor him.

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