{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgE2191-2", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF WARREN-CENTER-LINE STERLING HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HALL OF FAME RECOGNITION BANQUET HONOREES TARIK DAOUD, MARK STEENBERGH, AND GERALD ELSON", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2191", "E2191", "[{\"name\": \"David E. Bonior\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. E2191", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2191]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n  IN HONOR OF WARREN-CENTER-LINE STERLING HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE\nHALL OF FAME RECOGNITION BANQUET HONOREES TARIK DAOUD, MARK STEENBERGH,\n                            AND GERALD ELSON\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR\n\n                              of michigan\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, December 15, 2000\n\n  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today not only as a member of the\nUnited States House of Representatives but also as a member of the\nHonorary Committee for the Warren-Center Line-Sterling Heights Hall of\nFame Banquet. This is the event's first year, and I am proud to be a\npart of honoring three exceptional individuals for their commitment to\nthe betterment of their business and civic environments--Mayor Mark\nSteenbergh, Gerald Elson, and Tarik Daoud. One simply needs to view the\nlandscape to see the tangible evidence of the impact these individuals\nhave had on the economic environment there.\n  Since Warren Mayor Mark Steenbergh became mayor of Warren, taxes are\ndown, property values are up, and businesses are racing to take root in\nthe city. Mayor Steenbergh's vision of a better Warren is evidence in\nthe hard work and dedication to prosperity that he has put into the\ncity. To many, the closing of the TACOM headquarters on Van Dyke\nspelled doom for the City of Warren. Mayor Steenbergh did Warren\nresidents proud with his commitment to working with state and local\nofficials to build a successful industrial park on the site. The crown\njewel of Warren will shine in 2002, when the new Warren Community\nCenter opens it's doors. As Mayor of Macomb County's largest city, Mark\nSteenbergh is friend to all those who live and work in the Warren\ncommunity.\n  Working his way up from design engineer, to his present position of\nVice President of General Motors and GM of Operations for the North\nAmerican Car Group, Gerald Elson personifies the hard working attitude\nof Western Macomb. His meteoric rise from the small town of Merrill,\nMichigan outside Saginaw to one of the highest ranking officials at the\ntop company on Fortune Magazine's Global 500 shows proof of his\nbrilliant ingenuity and business sense. In this capacity, and as\nChairperson for the GM Warren County Relations Committee, Elson has\nserved as the architect of General Motor's commitment to the City of\nWarren. Nowhere else in the world is the economy so reliant upon the\nauto industry as it is in Michigan, and Elson's committee to keeping GM\non top makes him invaluable to the community's neighborhoods and\nbusiness environment.\n  Community leader, business owner, and philanthropist, Tarik Daoud has\nbeen a part of the Macomb County Community since 1964. As owner of Al\nLong Ford in Warren, Daoud has recently been named a finalist for the\n2000 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award. This distinguished honor comes\nas a result of Daoud's tradition of exceptional performance not only as\na car dealer, but also to the community. Daoud sits on numerous Boards\nincluding Salvation Army and the Warren YWCA, in addition to his work\nwith the International Visitor Council, which hosts foreign visitors to\nthe Metro Area. Tarik Daoud has earned his reputation and respect\nthroughout the community not only for his success as a businessman, but\nalso for his education and charitable contributions.\n  Please join me in thanking the Chamber of Commerce, and\ncongratulating these three outstanding individuals for their devotion\nto their work and the bettermen of our communities.\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-2000-12-15-pt1-PgE2191-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8692699484527111, "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"}