[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E109-E110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING BRUCE DePUYT

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2017

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me 
in recognizing Bruce DePuyt, who will be leaving NewsChannel 8 this 
week after over two decades of outstanding journalism and service to 
Washington, D.C. and the national capital region.
  For 23 years, Washingtonians have turned to Bruce for insight and in-
depth reporting on local and national news. Bruce had a talent for 
bringing local and regional voices together--from elected officials and 
police chiefs to community leaders--to speak and inform D.C. and area 
residents on a host of topics important to this region and the nation. 
Even before arriving at NewsChannel 8, however, people could turn to 
Bruce for trusted journalism wherever he was reporting.
  A graduate of the University of Maryland in 1984, Bruce got an early 
start in journalism as a college radio station student-host calling 
women's basketball. After graduating, he went on to work as a reporter 
and anchor at WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia, and produced an award-
winning weekly talk show, ``21 This Week,'' on Cable News 2 in 
Montgomery County, Maryland, where he won a Cable Ace award. In 1993, 
Bruce joined the team at NewsChannel 8, where he has been ever since.
  Bruce's career at NewsChannel 8 has been marked by smart commentary, 
excellent reporting, and penetrating questioning. In 2013, he was named 
the Best TV Personality by the Washington Blade magazine, and 
Washington City Paper readers named him the Best Newsmaker in 2010. For 
his brilliant reporting, Bruce was also awarded the Cronkite Award

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by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for 
Communication and Journalism. Since 2002, Bruce has been the host of 
Newstalk, a daily mid-morning news show, where he has hosted more than 
11,000 guests over 3,300 episodes. Bruce continues to be an active and 
beloved member of both his community and his church, the All Souls 
Unitarian Church, where he was a former trustee. For his work, Bruce 
was given the Pillar of Faith Award by the Howard University School of 
Divinity.
  Mr. Speaker, Members of Congress are familiar with Bruce's excellence 
here on television. I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Bruce 
DePuyt for 23 years of extraordinary work and service as news anchor 
and reporter with NewsChannel 8 and as a favorite of the national 
capital region.

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