[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8769]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING JOCELYN DORSEY ON HER RETIREMENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Johnson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of the 
great servants, a truly great servant in Atlanta broadcasting history. 
Her name is Jocelyn Dorsey. She has been working at WSB-TV in Atlanta 
for the last 40 years. She was the first regularly scheduled Black 
female anchor on Atlanta TV in the history of our great city. She is 
truly a pioneer. She was inducted into the Georgia Association of 
Broadcasters Hall of Fame among her many accolades and recognitions in 
the industry.
  Throughout her more than 40-year award-winning career, Jocelyn Dorsey 
has collected more hardware in terms of awards than I could possibly 
take 5 minutes to recite. It certainly would take us all day to recite 
the many awards that she has received, but my point is that in every 
professional recognition category that she has been considered under, 
she has won awards, and her recognition is duly noted by the 
professionals and her peers throughout the country.
  She has been giving back to her community in ways that have been 
unseen. While she started her career out in front of the camera, she is 
ending her career behind the cameras. She has been behind the cameras 
promoting community awareness, community service, making the station 
itself, WSB, which is the top-ranked station in the Atlanta market, 
truly representative of the community and truly responsive to the 
community.
  There are just so many things that have transpired as a result of her 
behind-the-scenes work that have helped so many individual Atlantans 
and not just Atlantans, people who are served by the Atlanta television 
market. She has truly left a great impact. We hate to see her go. She 
has been a true warrior for good and for fairness and inclusion as 
well.
  I will leave with the words of someone who has worked closely with 
Jocelyn for more than 40 years. His name is Mark Winne, who is an 
award-winning investigative reporter in his own right.

       She has found her calling in life, the way to use the 
     distinctive suite of gifts God has given her in a way that 
     serves others, and at the same time she makes a living doing 
     it. She lives and breathes the work, rolling up her sleeves, 
     and sticking her arms all the way into the dirt to plant, 
     harvest, and plant again year in, year out. She brings zest 
     and joy to it. She digs new technology, and she uses it, but 
     her keen people sense has enabled her to be such an effective 
     steward of the considerable resources WSB-TV invests in the 
     community. She is a personal heroine and role model, and I 
     think she may have the best--and in some ways toughest--job 
     in the Atlanta television market.

  I will rest on those words of Mark Winne, and I will say to Jocelyn 
Dorsey: Work well done. I hope you enjoy your tremendous retirement. 
You are still a young woman. You have a lot to offer, but you deserve 
to have some fun. So have fun.
  By the way, she is an avid motorcyclist, and she rode--or, actually, 
piloted her motorcycle all the way from Anchorage, Alaska, to, I think, 
Tampa, Florida, in a ride to raise money for various charitable events 
and causes.
  So you will have a lot more time to ride now. When the group tells 
you, Hey, we are getting ready to go to Nevada, you won't have the 
excuse of having to go to work anymore. You will be able to jump on the 
bike and ride. So ride peacefully, ride strong, and we will see you 
soon.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks 
to the Chair and not to a perceived viewing audience.

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