[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 186 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING JAY HILDEBRANDT

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 20, 2019

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Jay 
Hildebrandt on an incredible broadcasting career. Award-winning anchor 
and reporter Jay Hildebrandt, has been a staple in the community for 
decades. Jay began his career in Twin Falls, Idaho at KMVT-TV where he 
anchored for two years. After moving away for a few years, Jay found 
his home in Idaho Falls where he has co-anchored with Karole Honas for 
nearly 30 years.
  Besides his day to day anchoring and reporting, Jay has been involved 
in a number of special projects for the newscasts over the years. For 
28 years Jay produced weekly Wednesday's Child reports. Each week, a 
child living in a temporary foster home, who needed an adoptive family 
was featured. Many viewers were touched by the children's stories, and 
hundreds of them were adopted due to Wednesday's Child.
  Hundreds of outstanding high school seniors were also featured by Jay 
in his weekly Distinguished Student series of reports.
  Along with his Local News 8 job, Jay keeps busy a couple mornings a 
week as an adjunct instructor at Brigham Young University Idaho 
teaching public speaking and broadcast performance classes, which he 
finds extremely rewarding.
  During his years in Idaho Falls, Jay has been involved in a number of 
local community activities. He has served on the Governor's Children's 
Trust Fund Board, the Region VII Health and Welfare Advisory Board, and 
the Safe Place Advisory Board.
  Madam Speaker, Jay Hildebrandt will be missed throughout Eastern 
Idaho, but his career has provided an incredible template as to how the 
news ought to be reported.

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