{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgE20", "1994-12-20", 103, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF DON EDWARDS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "FRONTMATTER", "E", "E", "[{\"name\": \"Fortney Pete Stark\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. E", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 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: December 20, 1994]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]\n\n                        IN HONOR OF DON EDWARDS\n\n                                 ______\n\n                               speech of\n\n                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994\n\n  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the adjournment of this 103d Congress will\nmark the end of the remarkable congressional career of my good friend\nfrom San Jose, Don Edwards.\n  When he announced his intention to end his service in this House\nseveral months ago, the news was greeted with headlines that included\nsuch phrases as guardian of the Constitution, champion of civil\nliberties, principled politician and liberal champion. It's my judgment\nthat this was not the usual newspaper hyperbole. These phrases were an\naccurate reflection of what Don meant to the people of California and\nthe Nation during the 32 years he served them in Congress.\n  His absence from our ranks when the 104th Congress convenes will be\napparent. There will be a large gap in the line of those who defend the\nconstitutional liberties we take for granted in this country. Others\nwill rally to fill this void, but no one will take Don Edwards' place.\nHe is unique and irreplaceable.\n  I have known and worked with Don since I came to Congress in 1973. He\nhas been a wise counselor, a supportive colleague and a constructive\ncritic. I will miss him and his wife Edie--she once served as my\nadministrative assistant--greatly. I am pleased that the two of them\nwill be able to travel and have time for pursuits their busy lives\ndidn't permit before, but their absences will be tough to abide.\n  It's not that they will disappear from our lives. We will still have\nthe advantage of their penetrating views of public affairs, their\ncounsel on how to make this the peaceful and just world we know it can\nbe. They have earned the more relaxed lives they have chosen. A part-\ntime contribution from Don and Edie is still more than most people\ncontribute working full time. But things will not be quite the same\nwhen the people of San Jose are no longer represented by the ever-\nyouthful Don Edwards.\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-1994-12-20-pt1-PgE20"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0750519577413797, "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"}