[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 23638-23639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JOHN MACHACEK

 Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, it is with great honor that I 
recognize John Machacek for nearly 40 years of service as a reporter 
for Gannett News Service. He has dedicated his career to breaking down 
policy and politics in a way that underscores how these important 
issues affect the daily lives of the people of New York. John began his 
Gannett career in 1967 as a reporter for the Times Union in Rochester. 
In 1972 John won a Pulitzer Prize for using his instinctive 
investigative reporting skills to produce unparalleled coverage of the 
Attica prison riot. He began covering

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the entire State of New York, from Rochester to Westchester, in 1983 
and has kept readers informed on news and politics by serving as a 
watchdog for the American people ever since. John has accomplished what 
reporters all over the Nation set out to do by immersing himself in the 
art of journalism and becoming one of the greatest reporters in his 
field. He has spent his career with his finger on the pulse of the 
Nation's politics, government, and the American people. John's 
unbridled search for the truth has raised the standards in journalism 
and reporting among his peers, coworkers and competitors and he will 
always be remember for his unbiased and colorful accounts of our 
Nation's most important and transformative landmark events. As John 
concludes his renowned and distinguished 40 year career, he will be 
placed among the most influential reporters to have ever worked for 
Gannett News Service.

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