Secretary Reed salutes retiring Congressman Dicks
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks speaks in Secretary Reed’s office during the 2009 launch of the oral history and biography of Kitsap County civil rights activist Lillian Walker. Secretary of State Sam Reed paid tribute Friday to Norm Dicks, dean of the Washington House delegation, who announced that he will not seek re-election to a 19th term this fall. He is the longest serving congressman in state history, eclipsing even the former House Speaker, Tom Foley, who served 30 years. Dicks,…