[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 901-902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR ED KOCH

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. This morning, I attended the funeral of former Congressman 
and former mayor Ed Koch in New York City. Ed was larger than life. He 
was a great mayor of the city of New York, a fantastic Congressman 
before that, and a personal friend of mine and so many others. It's 
generally thought that Ed was the one who brought New York City back 
from the bad days--starting the good days. He was the quintessential 
mayor of New York, walking up and down the streets when he was mayor, 
asking people, ``How am I doing?''
  I just want to say this body had the good fortune to have had Ed Koch 
as one of its Members, and New York City had the good fortune to have 
him as mayor for three terms, and I had the good fortune to have him as 
my friend.

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In later years, he and I would meet periodically and go out for lunch 
at one of the restaurants downtown in mid-Manhattan. Ed would always 
pick the restaurant and be as feisty as ever. He was a very proud, 
proud New Yorker, and we are very proud of Congressman and Mayor Ed 
Koch. I will miss him dearly, as will all of New York and America. May 
he rest in peace.

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