[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF DAVID LOUIE

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 2022

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the legendary journalist 
David Louie, who has over five decade some of the biggest stories in 
the Bay Area and the nation. A familiar and friendly face on San 
Francisco's ABC7/KGO TV for 50 years, Bay Area viewers will undoubtedly 
miss his excellent reporting. It has been my great pleasure to run into 
David at countless events and to be interviewed by him dozens of times 
during my time in Congress and the California Legislature.
  Journalism has been in David's blood since he was a child. He first 
appeared on camera at age five when one of his neighbors in Ohio who 
produced a weekly public affairs show invited him to the studio. He was 
also a newspaper delivery boy and wrote for his high school paper. In 
1972, he became KGO's Asian American reporter.
  David has a remarkable ability to quickly break down and condense any 
story, no matter what topic you throw at him. He has covered the 
emergence of Silicon Valley as a technology and innovation hub. He was 
part of the first local TV crew to go to China covering the 
normalization of US-China relations. He went to the Philippines during 
the People Power Revolution in 1986 that sent Ferdinand Marcos into 
exile. He was the first reporter to interview U.S. Secretary of 
Transportation Norman Mineta after 9/11. He covered the Patty Hearst 
kidnapping and the Loma Prieta earthquake.
  Among the recognitions and awards David has received for his 
outstanding work are four Emmy Awards and two lifetime achievement 
awards from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and from 
the City and County of San Francisco. He was inducted into the National 
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Gold Circle in 2019, 
and the Medill School of Journalism Hall of Fame in 1997. David served 
as the national president of AAJA, the national chairman of the NATAS, 
and on the board of the Radio Television Digital News Association 
(RTNDA). This year, he was awarded the Northwestern Alumni Medal.
  David earned his bachelor's in journalism from Northwestern 
University, where he began in the Medill Cherubs, a summer institute 
for high school students interested in journalism careers.
  David is also a foodie. Long before the food channels appeared on the 
air, David did a feature called, ``Friday Feast.'' When he is not out 
in the field reporting, he is often in his kitchen experimenting with 
new recipes. He encourages his social media followers to send him risky 
recipes to try.
  Madam Speaker, to say that David Louie is an institution in the Bay 
Area would not be an exaggeration. I ask my colleagues in the House of 
Representatives to join me in celebrating a man in pursuit of the truth 
and facts for more than half a century. He is a role model for other 
journalists: thorough, ethical and always curious. I wish him the best 
in his well-deserved retirement.

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