{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2135", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF ARMY SPECIALIST CHRIS MASON OF MOBILE, AL", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2135", "E2135", "[{\"name\": \"Jo Bonner\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2135", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n  IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF ARMY SPECIALIST CHRIS MASON OF MOBILE, AL\n\n                                 ______\n\n                             HON. JO BONNER\n\n                               of alabama\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a young\nman from the First Congressional District of Alabama who recently made\nthe ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country while helping to\nspread freedom abroad.\n  Army SPC Chris Mason, a longtime Mobilian, was assigned to the 1st\nBattalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, of the 82nd\nAirborne Division based at Fort Bragg, NC.\n  Chris joined the Army 2 years ago and comes from a family with a long\nand highly respected history of military service--his father, who\nserved two tours of duty with the Marine Corps in Vietnam and completed\na career in the Army, retiring with the rank of first sergeant, and his\nbrother, an Army officer currently studying to become a chaplain.\n  During his career in the Army, Specialist Mason set a standard of\nexcellence and displayed the qualities of discipline, devotion, and\ndedication to country that are the hallmarks of men and women\nthroughout the long and distinguished history of the American military.\n  Following his 1994 graduation from Baker High School in Mobile, Chris\nbecame a professional rodeo clown with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys'\nAssociation. He also taught a commercial drivers license qualification\ncourse at Bishop State Community College. No matter what the task,\nChris Mason undertook every challenge with a determination to succeed.\n  Mr. Speaker, at this difficult time, it is only appropriate for us to\npause and give thanks to God that there are still young men like Chris\nMason.\n  Chris's life and actions personify the very best America has to\noffer. I feel certain his many friends and family, as well as his\ncomrades in the United States Army, while mourning the loss of this\nfine young man, are also taking this opportunity to remember his many\naccomplishments and to recall the fine gift they each received simply\nfrom knowing him and having him as an integral part of their lives.\n  He was not only a physical presence in their lives but a spiritual\nleader in every sense of the word.\n  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to take a moment and pay tribute to\nSPC Chris Mason and his selfless devotion to not only our country and\nthe freedom we enjoy, but to a people who are in the demanding but\nimportant stages of a new life--a new freedom--in their own land.\n  Mr. Speaker, we should also remember his parents, Garland and Susie\nMason, his brother, Garland Mason III, and his other relatives and many\nfriends. Our prayer is that God will give them all the strength and\ncourage that only He can provide to sustain them during the difficult\ndays ahead.\n  It was Joseph Campbell who said, ``A hero is someone who has given\nhis or her life to something bigger than oneself.''\n  Make no mistake, Chris Mason was not only a dedicated soldier who\nmade the ultimate sacrifice serving in the uniform of his country, but\nhe was also a true American hero. May he rest in peace.\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-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2135"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 72.15720205567777, "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"}