[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4277-S4278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO ROCKY BARKER

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I wish to honor Rocky Barker 
for his extensive career as an Idaho journalist.
  Rocky is retiring from the Idaho Statesman where he worked as an 
environmental reporter-blogger-columnist for the past 22 years. Prior 
to his position at the Statesman, Rocky was a columnist and 
correspondent-at-large for the Post Register in Idaho Falls. He has 
also written and contributed to numerous books, created an Idaho news 
website, and received many awards and recognitions for his reporting.
  Over his more than 30-year career, Rocky has reported comprehensively

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on issues that matter deeply to Idaho. He has dug into pressing and 
often controversial issues, including reporting on water, public lands, 
fish and wildlife habitat, fires, and other related matters that no 
doubt have required considerable resolve. Throughout, his devotion to 
reporting and his deep respect for the importance of a free press to 
our system of governance has remained unwavering.
  Congratulations, Rocky, on your years of writing. ``Litera scripta 
manet,'' meaning the written word endures, is among the inscriptions in 
the Library of Congress. You can go onto the next chapter of your 
career and life knowing that you have been an important part of taking 
down that written word for our great State for decades. Thank you for 
your devotion to and deep personal interest in chronicling issues that 
matter greatly for Idahoans. I wish you and your wife, Tina, all the 
best in your retirement and much happiness in the years ahead.

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