[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 8765-8766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             JOCELYN DORSEY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. David Scott) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the United States Congress 
today gives great and special recognition to an extraordinary Georgian 
and a great American, Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey, for her pioneering and 
trailblazing career with WSB Television, the flagship station in 
Atlanta, Georgia, of Cox Enterprises, and also for her induction into 
the prestigious Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
  I am pleased to join with my colleagues, both Democrats and 
Republicans, as we share with the Nation Ms. Dorsey's remarkable 
contributions and her high nobility of purpose.
  Jocelyn Dorsey was the very first African American to anchor a 
television newscast in the Atlanta market, ushering in the New South. 
She broke down racial barriers in television--in anchoring, in 
reporting, in management, in producing. Jocelyn Dorsey is a one-of-a-
kind because she was able to put together an award-winning public 
affairs television program called ``People to People.''
  Truly, through this program, Jocelyn Dorsey has done and is doing 
God's work, which is in helping those who need help the most: children 
who need shelter, children with disabilities, and disabled veterans. As 
well, her work in breast cancer and prostate cancer and for Sisters By 
Choice is absolutely legendary. Every year, Jocelyn Dorsey is a major 
partner in Georgia's largest job fairs and health fairs, bringing badly 
needed jobs to thousands of Georgians and to our military veterans.
  What an extraordinary person Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey is. She has been with 
this station, WSB, for 43 years. That is very significant because WSB 
Television has been in existence for 67 years--43 years out of the 
station's 67 years of existence. As famous WSB sportscaster Chuck 
Dowdle said, Jocelyn Dorsey is the backbone of WSB Television.

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  Mr. Speaker, she loves her motorcycle, and she rode that motorcycle 
all the way from Alaska to Key West, Florida, and raised $250,000 for 
the Special Olympics. You talk about God's work. That is it that she is 
doing--7,680 miles. It took her 21 days.
  I am telling you, Mr. Speaker, that God gives us His loving kindness 
and His grace by His divine calling to certain persons. Such a person 
is Jocelyn Dorsey, and we in the United States Congress today take 
great pride in having her story, which is a great American story, 
enshrined into the Congressional Record and into the congressional 
Library of Congress for all times, for generations to come--forever.
  God bless Jocelyn Dorsey with WSB Television, and God bless the 
Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and God bless the 
United States of America.

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