{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1998-12-18-pt1-PgE2347", "1998-12-18", 105, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO LOUIE GREENGARD", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2347", "E2347", "[{\"name\": \"Bruce F. Vento\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "144 Cong. Rec. E2347", "Congressional Record, Volume 144 Issue 154 (Friday, December 18, 1998)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 154 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2347]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                       TRIBUTE TO LOUIE GREENGARD\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. BRUCE F. VENTO\n\n                              of minnesota\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, December 18, 1998\n\n  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and commend the work of\na tireless brother from the House of Labor in my district, Louie\nGreengard. Mr. Greengard recently retired as the president of the Saint\nPaul Trades and Labor Assembly, the AFL-CIO central body my district.\n  In 1969, Louie Greengard began his trades career as a carpenter.\nElected Recording Secretary of the Carpenters and Joiners Local 87 in\n1977, Greengard advanced to the position of Business Agent in 1982. In\n1988, his carpenter sisters and brothers elected him as Executive\nSecretary of the Carpenters District Council. One year later, in 1989,\nLouie Greengard was elected President of the Saint Paul Trades and\nLabor Assembly. He served in this capacity until his recent retirement\nlate this year.\n  I've been pleased to work with Louie Greengard on a wide variety of\nissues, all advancing the working people's interests and concerns. I\nknow Greengard as a hard-working, strong, fair, effective servant of\nlabor in all walks of life and work; advocating for working families'\nwages, benefits, and an innovative service network; leading the Trades\nand Labor Assembly through good times and bad. Highlights include\norganizing innumerable Saint Paul Winter Carnival Parade units for the\nAssembly; coordinating labor's participation in the United Way\ncampaigns; drawing Minnesota's oldest labor newspaper, The Union\nAdvocate under the trades and Labor Assembly's aegis; successfully\nlobbying for Saint Paul's half-cent sales tax, creating a fund for\ncommunity reinvestment and redevelopment; guiding the Assembly's\nparticipation in challenging election cycles; advocating strongly and\nforcefully for working families; and always working to bring people\ntogether for the common good.\n  With Mr. Greengard's retirement on November 11, 1998, he has, no\ndoubt, plans to use his richly-deserved free time to restore a few more\nclassic cars; spend more time with his wonderful family, his spouse\nJan, his 5 children and 12 grandchildren; spend more time with his\nfaithful basset hound, Jake; and bask in the friendship and warm\nsunshine of southern winters chasing fish and golf balls.\n  Louie Greengard is a great example of those who ably, confidently and\nsuccessfully lead the house of labor. We are all richer for his\nfriendship, leadership and tireless advocacy of working women and men.\nI'm honored to represent him and earn the support of working men and\nwomen in our state. It is with heartfelt thanks and gratitude that I\nwish him the best of health and a well deserved retirement.\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-1998-12-18-pt1-PgE2347"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9759389795362949, "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"}