On the recordDecember 1, 2020
each 52 weeks of the year, I do four telephone news conferences with different groups of journalists. Most of the journalists are Iowans. Each week, without failure, a familiar voice opens one of my press calls with a very thoughtful question on some matter of interest to folks in the heartland of America. For more than two decades at the Omaha World-Herald, Joe Morton has cut through the beltway noise to deliver real news to my constituents in Iowa and those in Nebraska. Sadly, his tenure at the paper ended just before Thanksgiving. So I want to take this opportunity to thank Joe for his decades of keeping Americans informed about the work of their elected leaders. So I say: Best of luck to Joe, wherever the future takes him. And if anybody in this area is looking for a dedicated journalist, you ought to consider Joe. I yield the floor. ____________________
