[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3532-3533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         LIVINGSTON PARISH NEWS

  (Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, in recent months, Livingston 
Parish has lost two important leaders. On October 26 of last year, Jeff 
McHugh David passed away. Earlier this month, on March 3, Michael Dowty 
also passed away.
  Jeff was the longest serving owner/publisher in the history of 
Livingston Parish News, and Mike was the 28-year managing editor of the 
newspaper. Together they had nearly 90 years of newspaper experience.
  The Livingston Parish News was established in 1898. It has a 118-year 
history. During that history, it has been awarded over 600 State and 
national awards for its journalism excellence.
  Mr. Speaker, the Livingston Parish News covered important events like 
the 1983 floods, which resulted in the Comite diversion authorization, 
and the LIGO project, which recently discovered for the first time ever 
gravitational waves.
  It is really an amazing newspaper that has done a phenomenal job. 
They have 1,200 subscribers and over 60,000 online subscribers.
  The past 6 months have been a challenging time for the paper. Jeff is 
survived by his son, McHugh David, who carries on his father's legacy 
of the Livingston Parish News, as Leesha calls him behind his back, 
McCutie.
  Mr. Speaker, today I recognize and honor these men's service and 
contribution to our community and to the great State of Louisiana. Both 
men were institutions in Livingston Parish, and both will be missed.

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