{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12419-2", "1996-10-21", 104, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO SENATOR HEFLIN", "SENATE", "SENATE", "TRIBUTETO", "S12419", "S12419", "[{\"name\": \"Claiborne Pell\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "142 Cong. Rec. S12419", "Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S12419]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                       TRIBUTE TO SENATOR HEFLIN\n\n Mr. PELL. Mr. President, sometimes there are those among us\nwhose Senatorial persona overshadows the full measure of past\nachievement.\n  Such a man is the retiring senior Senator from Alabama [Mr. Heflin].\nThose who witness his wisdom and dignity of bearing on the floor of the\nSenate have no difficulty in envisioning him as the chief justice of\nthe Alabama Supreme Court. But they may not perceive the U.S. Marine of\nWorld War II who was wounded twice in combat and awarded the Silver\nStar.\n  My own special insight into the exceptional character of Judge Heflin\ncame when we shared the discomfort of a field trip into the Brazilian\nrain forest. As always his qualities of wit and wisdom shown through.\n  Here in the Senate, his unshakable demeanor and integrity have\nendeared him to all and served as a model for the sort of decorum and\ncomity which should pervade our proceedings. It was inevitable that we\nshould award him with the thankless task of chairing the Select\nCommittee on Ethics.\n  I thank Judge Heflin for all he has done to enrich the life of the\nSenate, and I wish him well as he returns to Alabama.\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-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12419-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.3856508992612362, "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"}