{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2004-12-20-pt1-PgS12093-2", "2004-12-20", 108, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO SENATOR JOHN BREAUX", "SENATE", "SENATE", "TRIBUTETO", "S12093", "S12093", "[{\"name\": \"Paul S. Sarbanes\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "150 Cong. Rec. S12093", "Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 140 (Monday, December 20, 2004)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 140 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S12093]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                     TRIBUTE TO SENATOR JOHN BREAUX\n\n  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, with the adjournment of the 108th\nCongress, Senator John Breaux is retiring. With his departure Louisiana\nloses a vigorous and effective advocate, the Nation loses a dedicated\nand skillful legislator, and the Members of this body, on both sides of\nthe aisle, lose a trusted and respected colleague and a dear friend.\n  John Breaux has spent 35 years serving the people of Louisiana in one\ncapacity or another. In 1969, as a recent law school graduate, he came\nto Washington for the first time to become a legislative assistant to\nthe Representative from Louisiana's Seventh Congressional District.\nWhen the seat became open 3 years later, John ran for Congress himself,\nand won. He was then 25 years old. From 1973 until 1977, we served\ntogether in the House of Representatives. John continued serving the\nHouse for another 5 years, before being elected to the first of three\nterms in the Senate, in 1986.\n  The decision to come to Washington was a very major decision for the\nBreaux family, so much so that one child prayed: ``Good-bye God. We are\nmoving to Washington.'' For the people of Louisiana and the Nation, it\nhas proved to be a most fortunate decision.\n  John Breaux's accomplishments over 18 years in the U.S. Senate are\nlegion. He has served on the Finance Committee; the Commerce, Science,\nand Transportation Committee; and the Rules Committee. He has chaired\nthe Special Committee on Aging. For 8 years he served his Senate\nDemocratic colleagues as Chief Deputy Whip. He has left his mark on\nvirtually every piece of legislation that passed through the committees\non which he has served. He has been a tireless advocate for older\nAmericans, and a proponent of universal health care.\n  Above and beyond any specific issue, John Breaux has sought to make\ngovernment work. He has won the respect and affection of his\ncolleagues--and, time and again, their attention--with what Charlie\nCook, in ``The Cook Report,'' described as ``his moderation,\npersonality, manner and legislative style.'' In commenting on John's\ndecision to retire, The Shreveport Times called him ``a Louisiana\nnatural resource'' and ``the bridge-builder in an era of burning\nbridges.''\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-2004-12-20-pt1-PgS12093-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.3360058180987835, "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"}