[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING A DISTINGUISHED REPORTER AND COMMENTATOR, BRUCE DePUYT

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                           HON. JAMIE RASKIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 14, 2017

  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
reporter and commentator, Bruce DePuyt, on the occasion of his 
retirement from News Channel 8. For over 25 years, Mr. DePuyt has been 
a steadfast and trusted source of news for millions of people in 
Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. As most recently the producer 
and host of NewsTalk on WJLA News Channel 8, he has covered with true 
zeal, old-fashioned erudition and relentless energy not only local news 
but national and international news, weaving them together to create 
the special news ethos of the Washington area. His journalistic 
excellence has been recognized by local institutions such as the 
Washington Blade, which listed him as Best TV Personality of 2013, and 
the Washington City Paper, which named him Best Newsmaker of 2010. Mr. 
DePuyt is widely respected among his fellow print and broadcast 
journalists, who compete to have him as a commentator. I have had the 
privilege to witness firsthand, both as a guest on his show and as a 
loyal member of the audience, Mr. DePuyt's exemplary skill as an 
interviewer and piercing insight as an analyst. Although a bulldog for 
a straight answer, he can always be trusted to facilitate fair, 
enlightening and compelling conversations on the essential topics of 
the day.
  Please join me and many residents of Maryland, as well as our friends 
in Virginia and D.C., as we thank Mr. DePuyt for his many years of 
service in educating and informing the community. He has made great 
journalistic contributions already, and we congratulate him on his rich 
and impressive career and wish him well in all of his future endeavors 
as a journalist and a citizen.

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