[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING CHARLIE DANIEL ON HIS RETIREMENT

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the career of 
one of my district's most notable journalistic figures, Charlie Daniel. 
He spent the last six decades as a political cartoonist in Knoxville 
and retired this year.
  He is a marine, like my brother-in-law, Cliff Worsham, and my father, 
and he served his country admirably. His retirement is a loss to our 
community.
  I have never known a time when you couldn't open the Knoxville News 
Sentinel to see Charlie's latest cartoon taking one politician or 
another to task. Quite often, Mr. Speaker, it was me, because Charlie 
and I didn't always get along or see eye to eye, and I have forgiven 
him for his transgressions.
  Mr. Speaker, he was and is one of the best. I have been made fun of 
by people all over the world, but my friend Charlie is my favorite. His 
cartoons were razor sharp while still being respectful.
  Comic artists that I grew up looking at, like Steve Ditko, Frank 
Frazetta, Neal Adams, and Joe Kubert, are probably more famous but 
never were as creative as Charlie is. He is a Tennessee Journalism Hall 
of Fame inductee and has been recognized by the National Cartoonists 
Society.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to call him my dear friend, and I know I 
speak for many in east Tennessee when I say that the morning paper 
isn't the same without him.

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