[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E164]
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                     IN CELEBRATION OF REGINA BRETT

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 12, 2008

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in celebration of Regina 
Brett. Regina Brett reaches over half a million readers a week as a 
thrice-weekly metro columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which she 
joined in 2000 after 7 years as a reporter and columnist for the Akron 
Beacon Journal. Brett also hosts a weekly radio program on Cleveland's 
National Public Radio Station, WCPN, 90.3 FM. With the capacity to 
reach out to so many people through her column and radio show, she has 
been able to highlight issues and generate debate concerning topics 
that are of great importance to the Greater Cleveland community.
  Regina Brett earned her B.A. from Kent State University and her M.A. 
from John Carroll University. She later went on to serve as president 
of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Among many of her 
honors and awards, in 1999, she was the recipient of the yearly awarded 
Batten Medal; established in memory of the late CEO and chairman of the 
Knight Ridder newspaper chain, which recognizes one journalist 
nationwide whose writing displays ``compassion, fairness, courage, and 
a deep concern for the underdog.''
  Through her body of work, she has continued, fearlessly and 
relentlessly, to illuminate the challenges, victories, people and 
communities that make up and affect the Greater Cleveland area.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing Regina 
Brett's outstanding contributions to journalism and to the Greater 
Cleveland Community.

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