[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING HARRY M. ROSENFELD

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 22, 2021

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer the thanks of a 
grateful nation for the life and work of former Washington Post Metro 
editor Harry M. Rosenfeld who guided the newspaper in its Pulitzer 
Prize-winning Watergate coverage. Mr. Rosenfeld died last week at the 
age of 91. A survivor of Berlin's Kristallnacht in 1938, he and his 
family immigrated to New York City in March of 1939, just months before 
World War II began. After graduating from Syracuse University and a 
stint in the U.S. Army, Mr. Rosenfeld joined the New York Herald 
Tribune syndicate and rose to managing editor before joining The Post. 
Editor Ben Bradlee made him assistant managing editor for metropolitan 
news where he inherited a staff of hungry reporters covering local 
beats, among them Carl Bernstein. Mr. Rosenfeld later hired a very 
persistent Bob Woodward. The double-byline stories of Woodward and 
Bernstein, covering scandal and corruption in the Nixon administration, 
eventually led to Nixon's 1974 resignation. He ended his career as the 
editor of newspapers in Albany, New York. I offer my condolences to his 
wife Anne and his three daughters and his extended family. Mr. 
Rosenfeld's enduring sense of justice and demand for accountability 
helped change American history and inspired a generation of 
journalists. His passion for the truth and for journalism was an 
inspiration and a model to be emulated. His was a life well led.

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