[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         READING EAGLE HISTORY

  (Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a 
pillar of journalistic integrity in our democracy, the Reading Eagle, a 
newspaper in my district in Berks County, Pennsylvania. This month, the 
paper celebrates its 150th anniversary.
  On January 28, 1868, the Reading Eagle published its first daily 
paper and is now one of the oldest family-owned newspapers in our 
country. Today, the paper operates its headquarters in downtown Reading 
and serves as a valuable resource for news to many of my constituents.
  Congratulations to the Reading Eagle and its staff on this exciting 
milestone; and thank you for providing community news, great local 
content, national news, and providing transparency and accountability 
of government at all levels for the betterment of our democracy.
  In spite of all of the competing sources of information and evolving 
technology of today, the Reading Eagle remains the greater Berks 
region's go-to source for reliable local news and information.

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