[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH MORTON

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, each 52 weeks of the year, I do four 
telephone news conferences with different groups of journalists. Most 
of the journalists are Iowans.
  Each week, without failure, a familiar voice opens one of my press 
calls with a very thoughtful question on some matter of interest to 
folks in the heartland of America. For more than two decades at the 
Omaha World-Herald, Joe Morton has cut through the beltway noise to 
deliver real news to my constituents in Iowa and those in Nebraska.
  Sadly, his tenure at the paper ended just before Thanksgiving. So I 
want to take this opportunity to thank Joe for his decades of keeping 
Americans informed about the work of their elected leaders. So I say: 
Best of luck to Joe, wherever the future takes him. And if anybody in 
this area is looking for a dedicated journalist, you ought to consider 
Joe.
  I yield the floor.

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