[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 OPENING OF SARATOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY

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                        HON. MICHAEL R. McNULTY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 16, 1999

  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, on Friday we opened the new Saratoga 
National Cemetery, and I was in the company of 2,000 distinguished 
veterans and a very special former colleague in this House. Two of my 
former colleagues, as a matter of fact, spent a lot of time on that 
project. One of them, Sam Stratton, was a Member of this body for 30 
years. He has since passed away.
  But another, thank God, was there for the event. That was Congressman 
Jerry Solomon, who served in this House for 20 years and rose to be 
Chair of the Committee on Rules. It was a great honor to be in the 
presence of all those veterans and to be able to look Congressman 
Solomon in the eye and say: ``Thank you for your dedication through the 
years, and for the opportunity to be your partner in these efforts for 
the past 10 years.''
  And now, to be able to realize that heroes like Pete Dalessandro, who 
was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner from my district, will be one 
of the first veterans who finds the Saratoga National Cemetery as his 
final resting place. It was just another opportunity to be with great 
Americans, and to thank God for my life and veterans for my way of 
life.

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