[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2582-2583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING A DISTINGUISHED REPORTER AND COMMENTATOR, BRUCE DePUYT

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                           HON. JAMIE RASKIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 14, 2017

  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
reporter and commentator, Bruce DePuyt, on the occasion of his 
retirement from News Channel 8. For over 25

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years, Mr. DePuyt has been a steadfast and trusted source of news for 
millions of people in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. As most 
recently the producer and host of NewsTalk on WJLA News Channel 8, he 
has covered with true zeal, old-fashioned erudition and relentless 
energy not only local news but national and international news, weaving 
them together to create the special news ethos of the Washington area. 
His journalistic excellence has been recognized by local institutions 
such as the Washington Blade, which listed him as Best TV Personality 
of 2013, and the Washington City Paper, which named him Best Newsmaker 
of 2010. Mr. DePuyt is widely respected among his fellow print and 
broadcast journalists, who compete to have him as a commentator. I have 
had the privilege to witness firsthand, both as a guest on his show and 
as a loyal member of the audience, Mr. DePuyt's exemplary skill as an 
interviewer and piercing insight as an analyst. Although a bulldog for 
a straight answer, he can always be trusted to facilitate fair, 
enlightening and compelling conversations on the essential topics of 
the day.
  Please join me and many residents of Maryland, as well as our friends 
in Virginia and D.C., as we thank Mr. DePuyt for his many years of 
service in educating and informing the community. He has made great 
journalistic contributions already, and we congratulate him on his rich 
and impressive career and wish him well in all of his future endeavors 
as a journalist and a citizen.

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