Nancy Pelosi: “I have enjoyed following his leadership on human rights issues throughout the world where he has been an unsurpassed…”

“I have enjoyed following his leadership on human rights issues throughout the world where he has been an unsurpassed champion. It speaks, I think, to how the House used to be that people so far a part on the political spectrum could come together and work on an issue. I first became acquainted with Mr. Solomon and his magnificent wife, Frieda, in the North Atlantic Assembly proceedings and saw his leadership on behalf of our country there, and, yes, his patriotism there. But the one overriding observation I would like to make is how devoted Mr. Solomon was and is to the district he represents. Every time he spoke on the floor he spoke from the perspective of his constituents and certainly his conscience and the Constitution, but never forgetting his constituents.”