[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                               RICK ORLOV

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, many of us have love-hate relationships with 
the news media and with various reporters, but today I wanted to rise 
and express my condolences for a reporter in Los Angeles whom we mostly 
had a love relationship with and very little hate.
  Rick Orlov was a reporter for the Daily News, and he covered Los 
Angeles City Hall for almost 30 years. I served on the Los Angeles City 
Council for 10 of those, so I got to know him well.
  Do you know what? He earned everyone's respect. Somehow, he made no 
enemies. Rick was a true newsman, and he focused on writing the news 
that mattered. He was not interested in gotcha reporting. His 
longstanding institutional knowledge allowed him to understand and tell 
the whole story.
  Rick Orlov was not only a great reporter, but he was a great man. I 
considered him my friend, and he really was a piece of Los Angeles. His 
death is a huge loss for the city and for all of us who had a chance to 
know him.

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