{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF REVEREND RALPH E. BROWER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2123", "E2124", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2123", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2123-E2124]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                  IN HONOR OF REVEREND RALPH E. BROWER\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n                             of new jersey\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Reverend Ralph E.\nBrower for 47 years of outstanding service to our community as a leader\nand senior pastor at Saint Michael's Methodist Church. Rev. Brower was\nhonored at a banquet at the Casino in the Park in Jersey City, New\nJersey, on November 10, 2002.\n\n[[Page E2124]]\n\n  For the past 47 years, Reverend Ralph E. Brower has been a tireless\nadvocate on behalf of his community and congregation, ensuring that no\none in the community is left behind. A true leader, Rev. Brower has\nserved for the past 27 years as president of the Interdenominational\nMinisterial Alliance, and the past 25 years as chaplain for Hudson\nCounty. He has served in several city administrations, and is currently\nthe president of the United Black interdenominational Clergy (VBIC) of\nNew Jersey, the state's largest African-American clergy organization.\n  His selfless actions have not gone unnoticed, and he has been honored\nby New Jersey's Urban League, the National Association for the\nAdvancement of Colored People of New Jersey, and the New Jersey State\nFederation of Colored Women's Clubs.\n  The fourth of six children, Rev. Brower was born and raised in North\nCarolina, but decided to make New Jersey his home. He is a graduate of\nthe Laurinburg Institute and Kettle College of North Carolina, attended\nFlorida State Christian College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, earned his\nBachelor of Arts degree from Jersey City State College, and his\nDoctorate of Sacred Theology from the Baltimore Bible College.\n  Rev. Brown is married to Alberta Hazel-Brower, and they are the proud\nparents of three children: two sons, Ralph, Jr. and Ronald, and one\ndaughter, Denise.\n  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Reverend Ralph E.\nBrower for close to 50 years of service as a leader and senior pastor\nto the Jersey City community. Let us all join together and take this\nopportunity to honor an exceptional man, setting an outstanding example\nfor our community. Thank you Rev. Brower for all that you do.\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-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123-4"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.173228956758976, "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"}