[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JOHN MACHACEK

 Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, it is with great honor that I 
recognize John Machacek for nearly 40 years of service as a reporter 
for Gannett News Service. He has dedicated his career to breaking down 
policy and politics in a way that underscores how these important 
issues affect the daily lives of the people of New York. John began his 
Gannett career in 1967 as a reporter for the Times Union in Rochester. 
In 1972 John won a Pulitzer Prize for using his instinctive 
investigative reporting skills to produce unparalleled coverage of the 
Attica prison riot. He began covering the entire State of New York, 
from Rochester to Westchester, in 1983 and has kept readers informed on 
news and politics by serving as a watchdog for the American people ever 
since. John has accomplished what reporters all over the Nation set out 
to do by immersing himself in the art of journalism and becoming one of 
the greatest reporters in his field. He has spent his career with his 
finger on the pulse of the Nation's politics, government, and the 
American people. John's unbridled search for the truth has raised the 
standards in journalism and reporting among his peers, coworkers and 
competitors and he will always be remember for his unbiased and 
colorful accounts of our Nation's most important and transformative 
landmark events. As John concludes his renowned and distinguished 40 
year career, he will be placed among the most influential reporters to 
have ever worked for Gannett News Service.

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