[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         HONORING PETE MICHAELS

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my dear friend, Pete 
Michaels, who is celebrating 50 years of reporting traffic in 
Knoxville.
  Pete is the embodiment of the American Dream, and how, when you put 
your mind toward something, anything is possible.
  He was an entrepreneur from the beginning. Pete started with $7.63 in 
his pocket. With the help of a banker, he bought his first airplane 
before he even had a pilot's license and signed radio contracts before 
his business was even started.
  Still to this day, you will hear Pete's voice across radio stations 
in Knoxville giving you a traffic report on all the major highways and 
roads.
  Mr. Speaker, I offer congratulations to Pete on this historic mark of 
five decades on the air, and I thank him for taking care of the good 
folks of east Tennessee every day and for being my very loyal, longtime 
friend.

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