- Record: House Floor
- Section type: Floor speeches
- Chamber: House
- Date: July 22, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the House floor portion of the record.
Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I want to salute the tremendous community contribution of The Hudson Independent, an online publication that chronicles the lives and stories of people, organizations, governments, schools, businesses, and the like, in the municipalities that border the Hudson River in Westchester County in New York: Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Hastings-on-Hudson, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow.
Barrett Seaman and Editor Rick Pezzullo, both experienced journalists with long resumes of achievement. The senior management group President and Chairman Walter Montgomery and colleagues: Robert Kimmel, Dean Gallea, Paula Etzel, and Michael Richards, have guided The Indy, as it is known and loved, from its founding in 2006.
activities of the river towns and featured stories on the
- time when hyperlocal news is disappearing from view.
From the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, we salute The Hudson Independent for its commitment to fair and accurate journalism and the communities of Westchester, the river towns, their people, and their stories.