[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         PASSING OF PAUL CONRAD

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise with sadness to note the passing of 
one of our Nation's preeminent cartoonists, Paul Conrad. Paul, who 
resided with his wife, Kay, in Palos Verdes, California--formerly a 
part of my district--was a friend and a political genius.
  I was first elected to Congress in 1992, the so-called ``Year of the 
Woman.'' In that year, California elected two women Senators, and the 
number of women Members in the House doubled. Paul's cartoon was 
perfect, an outline of the State of California with a high heel down 
the left side.
  His career spanned more than 50 years and 11 Presidents. He was 
intensely proud of being on President Nixon's so-called ``enemies 
list.'' Reportedly, that meant more to him than the Pulitzers he was 
awarded. President Gerald Ford reportedly said, ``Laugh and the whole 
world laughs with you. Cry, and you've been the subject of a Paul 
Conrad cartoon.''
  Born in 1924 in Iowa, a college dropout, Conrad's career began in 
Denver, where he won his first Pulitzer, but really took off when he 
moved to Los Angeles and sent shock waves through the then-staid Los 
Angeles Times, his home thereafter. Said L.A. Times editor Russ 
Stanton, ``Paul Conrad was simply the best ever.'' Right on.

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