Gerald B. H. Solomon was a prominent American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Throughout his twenty-year tenure from 1979 to 1999, he became known as a staunch conservative and a powerful voice in Congress. Solomon is most famous for authoring the Solomon Amendment, which linked federal funding for universities to their allowance of military recruitment on campus. He retired from Congress in 1999, leaving a legacy as a dedicated fiscal conservative and a strong advocate for veterans and the military.