[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E325]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO MIKE GLOVER

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 7, 2012

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the career of one 
of the preeminent voices of Iowa journalism. Mike Glover, whose byline 
has accompanied countless Associated Press reports from the Iowa 
Capitol for three decades, announced this week that he's retiring in 
May.
  Mr. Glover's work has appeared on the front pages of newspapers 
across Iowa and throughout the country, offering concise and timely 
news and analysis on some of the biggest political stories of our time. 
He's covered nearly every major presidential contender to pass through 
Iowa before the state's first-in the-nation caucuses. And while the 
Iowa General Assembly is in session, his presence in the halls of the 
Statehouse in Des Moines seems nearly ubiquitous as he tracks down the 
news of the day.
  Mr. Glover began his career working for newspapers in Fort Dodge, 
Iowa, and Bloomington, Illinois, before he started at the Associated 
Press, where he would spend the next 32 years. He currently lives in 
Windsor Heights with his wife, Betty, who serves on the Windsor Heights 
City Council. Throughout Iowa's political and journalistic circles, 
he's earned a reputation for doggedly pursuing the truth and reporting 
the facts in a no-nonsense fashion.
  To my great pleasure--and occasionally to my consternation--Mr. 
Glover has put me in the crosshairs of his tough-but-fair questioning 
on numerous occasions during my appearances on Iowa Press, a weekly 
news and current events program on Iowa Public Television. I know Mr. 
Glover to be a consummate professional and a true newsman in every 
sense of the word.
  Mr. Speaker, in an increasingly chaotic and fractured media 
environment, Mr. Glover's career is a shining example of the importance 
of objective and factual reporting, something I know every member of 
this chamber respects and appreciates. Please join me in congratulating 
Mike Glover on his illustrious career and wishing him a happy 
retirement.

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