{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS16", "1994-12-20", 103, 2, null, null, "RETIREMENT OF SENATOR RIEGLE", "SENATE", "SENATE", "FRONTMATTER", "S", "S", "[{\"name\": \"Patrick J. Leahy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. S", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S]\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                      RETIREMENT OF SENATOR RIEGLE\n\n Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, one of those retiring this year is\nDon Riegle of Michigan, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.\n  Don Riegle is far more than a trusted and valued colleague. He is a\nspecial friend.\n  Don and I first met when I was State's attorney for Chittenden County\nin Vermont and he was a member of the House of Representatives. I was\nsitting on the front lawn of my farm house on a summer day during the\nCongress' August recess over 20 years ago when Don drove up looking for\ndirections. I recognized him as the author of the book, ``Oh\nCongress,'' and we sat on the lawn having a nice chat. This began a\ngeneration-long friendship, and I later told him that I was thinking of\nrunning for the U.S. Senate. Don helped me a great deal on the race and\nI was very glad to support him when he then ran for the Senate from\nMichigan.\n  Don Riegle has brought a passion to the Senate that has expressed\nitself in the truest principles of the Democratic Party. He has sought\na Government that works better and is more responsive to people, while\nreminding all of us that Government is there for every American.\n  I will miss Don, Laurie, Ashley, and their newest daughter, Allison.\nMarcelle and I are so glad to be godparents of Ashley, but we are\nespecially proud to be friends of Don, Laurie, and of the whole\nfamily.\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-PgS16"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 119.15791593492031, "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"}