Peter King: “Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleagues in expressing condolences on the death of Steve Solarz, who served with…”

“Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleagues in expressing condolences on the death of Steve Solarz, who served with distinction in the New York State Legislature and for many years here in Congress, earning a bipartisan reputation for his expertise in foreign affairs. In an age of partisanship, I will bring out that, in a bipartisan nature, he worked very closely with President Bush 41 in cosponsoring the resolution for Operation Desert Storm, and he was also a principal adviser to President Bill Clinton in his campaign for President in 1992. He transcended party politics. He was a true foreign policy expert, and all of New York mourns his passing.”