{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE36", "1994-10-08", 103, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO HELEN BENTLEY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "FRONTMATTER", "E", "E", "[{\"name\": \"Marcy Kaptur\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. E", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]\n\n                        TRIBUTE TO HELEN BENTLEY\n\n                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR\n\n                                of ohio\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                        Friday, October 7, 1994\n\n  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, at the end of the 103d Congress, the House\nof Representatives will lose an extraordinary colleague, a remarkable\nwoman and a very treasured friend, Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley.\n  I rise in tribute to this distinguished Congresswoman, a\nCongresswoman known for her independent thinking and fierce dedication\nto the representation of the people--the people of her 2d congressional\ndistrict, the people of Maryland and the people of the United States of\nAmerica.\n  A woman who for years was ahead of her time, Mrs. Bentley started her\ncareer as a newspaper reporter, a field that in 1945 was dominated by\nmen. As a reporter on the Baltimore Sun the waterfront was one of her\nprimary beats, an area that was rarely frequented by women. But, the\nlack of a female presence in her field did not prove an obstacle to\nMrs. Bentley. Fearlessly and relentlessly, she faced the challenge and\nultimately earned the title of ``expert'' in the field of maritime\nissues.\n  In recognition of her expertise, in 1969, Mrs. Bentley was bestowed\nthe extraordinary honor of being the first woman to be appointed by a\nPresident to head a regulatory agency as well as the honor of being the\nfirst woman to hold the position of Chairman of the Maritime\nCommission.\n  As Chair of the Maritime Commission, Mrs. Bentley protected the\nAmerican shipping fleet and the interests of the American people and\neconomy while simultaneously earning the respect and admiration of the\ninternational maritime community--which by no means was an easy feat.\n  Mrs. Bentley's many successes are attributable to her courage in the\nface of criticism, her keen intelligence, her ability to think clearly\non her feet, her contagious enthusiasm and her boundless amount of\nenergy. These same attributes have served her well in her five terms as\nCongresswoman for the Second Congressional District of Maryland.\n  Mrs. Bentley, known endearingly as the ``Fighting Lady,'' a straight\nshooter, a doer, has spent her entire congressional career fighting for\nthe working people of our Nation. She has been a tireless advocate on\nbehalf of fair trade and has fought to keep high paying jobs from\nmoving offshore.\n  Mrs. Bentley has been quoted as saying that ``I am a great believer\nthat God looks over you.'' May God continue to look over Mrs. Bentley\nas she begins the next exciting chapter of her life--one which will\nsurely include helping the working people of our Nation.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE36"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 29.63732904754579, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}