[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E621]
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                 HONORING JIM MYERS OF THE TULSA WORLD

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                            HON. BRAD CARSON

                              of oklahoma

                          HON. J.C. WATTS, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                       HON. ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                          HON. FRANK D. LUCAS

                              of oklahoma

                            HON. WES WATKINS

                              of oklahoma

                           HON. JOHN SULLIVAN

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 24, 2002

  Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, we as the Congressional 
delegation from the great state of Oklahoma rise today to extend our 
congratulations to an individual who is responsible for informing our 
constituents in Oklahoma of the work we are performing on their behalf 
in Congress. Jim Myers, the Chief of the Washington Bureau for the 
Tulsa World, was recently highly honored by his colleagues to be 
inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.
  Jim Myers, a native of Tonkawa, began his professional work in 
journalism with the Enid News and Eagle from 1976-77, as a reporter for 
the Lawton Constitution, 1977-1979, and Lawton Magazine in 1980. He 
joined the Tulsa World in 1981, where he covered city and county 
government. In 1984, he was promoted to the World's statehouse bureau 
and, in 1990, he was named Washington correspondent. In 1992, he was a 
Paul Miller Fellow for the Freedom Forum and, in 1995, a Knight Center 
Fellow at the University of Maryland. The veteran political and 
government reporter is known for his tenacity to get to the truth and 
the pursuit of fairness and accuracy. An Army veteran, he has three 
degrees from Oklahoma State University: bachelor's degrees in social 
studies and journalism and a master's degree in history.
  Jim, congratulations on an honor well deserved. The dedication you 
have shown to your profession and the valuable service you continue to 
provide to the people of Oklahoma is worthy of this high commendation 
of being selected a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.

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