[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 132 (Thursday, September 8, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO BILL MATTOS

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2011

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and honor Bill 
Mattos on being awarded the ``Golden Rooster Award'' from the 
California Poultry Federation, and to thank him for his dedication to 
the agriculture community. This award is a tribute to Bill's 
professional accomplishments in the poultry industry, as well as his 
dedicated service and leadership.
  Bill Mattos was born and raised on a farm in Stanislaus County. He is 
an honors graduate of Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo 
where he was named outstanding graduate in journalism (Betty Belle 
Kemp) and holds a Master's Degree in Agricultural Journalism from the 
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  A former Stanislaus County Supervisor, he worked for the USDA under 
Secretary Earl Butz and served as a White House intern in the Nixon 
administration.
  Bill is the president of the California Poultry Federation where he 
manages the affairs of the meat poultry industry with emphasis in 
governmental relations, public affairs, public relations, animal 
welfare and marketing. He also works with agricultural and business 
groups to promote business and industry in California. He travels 
extensively throughout the West Coast and to Washington, DC to promote 
California issues.
  He hosts a cable television program, ``Westside Stories,'' which 
features monthly interviews with elected officials, executives with 
charitable organizations and leaders throughout various Stanislaus 
County and Merced County communities.
  He was the founder and former president of Mattos Newspapers, Inc., 
where he operated a newspaper and printing company for 30 years.
  He is past chairman of the Doctors Medical Center Board of Governors; 
President of the Stanislaus County Fair Board; past president of the 
Stanislaus State University Foundation Board, member of the dean's 
advisory board of the School of Agriculture at the University of 
California in Davis; former president of the Newman Rotary and the 
Newman Chamber of Commerce; and former California chairman of the 
National Newspaper Association.
  As a member of the Stanislaus County Fair board for 17 years 
(appointed by the governor every four years), he has worked extensively 
on livestock and fair issues over the years.
  He lives in Newman and is the father of two daughters, Toni and 
Natalie.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in commending ill Mattos for his hard 
work in the California poultry industry, and congratulating him upon 
receiving the California Poultry Federation ``Golden Rooster Award.''

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