{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS21", "1994-12-20", 103, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SASSER", "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                       TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SASSER\n\n Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, my good friend, Jim Sasser, with\nwhom I have served for 18 years will not be with us in the new\nCongress. I regret this not only for the good of the Senate, but for\nthe country itself. In 20 years in the Senate I rarely have seen\nanybody who can match his abilities as a legislator, nor his\nconscientious service as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.\n  I recall during the early 1980's when the Budget Committee was\nwilling to close a blind eye to the danger of Reaganomics and instead\nanswered the popular Siren call of huge tax cuts, huge defense\nbuildups, with a promise of a balanced budget. Instead because the\nBudget Committee did not stand up and do its part, our country saw our\nnational debt nearly quadruple in one decade. Our children, and our\nchildren's children, will pay for this folly.\n  By contract, Senator Sasser showed great strength and courage as\nBudget chairman, refusing to accept half-baked measures to bring down\nthe budget deficit, and instead made us all stand up and face the tough\nvotes. As a result, we have seen the deficit come down now 2 years in a\nrow, with a third on track. Much of the ability in the past couple of\nyears to actually see a lowering of the deficit is due to the courage\nand leadership of Jim Sasser. I applaud him and I will miss\nhim.\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-PgS21"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 56.695794919505715, "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"}