[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING FRANK BECKMANN

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the upcoming 
retirement of a legend in Michigan broadcasting, Frank Beckmann.
  For the past 48 years, Frank has been a pillar of the WJR airwaves. 
Frank has been inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and 
Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and he has a list of 
professional accolades longer than the time we have today.
  The Maize and Blue faithful know him as the voice of Michigan 
football for over three decades. His weekly listeners, the best 
informed in all of talk radio, know him as a clear and compelling 
proponent of commonsense values. Nonprofits and charities across the 
State know his generosity in using his microphone to support many 
worthy causes. I am blessed to know him as a friend.
  Congratulations, Frank, on a long and storied career.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Frank Beckmann a wonderful 
retirement filled with family, lots of golf, and coolers full of fresh 
Lake Erie walleye.

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