{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2143-2", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "HONORING REPRESENTATIVES J.D. HAYWORTH AND JIM RYUN", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2143", "E2143", "[{\"name\": \"Cliff Stearns\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2143", "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 E2143]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n          HONORING REPRESENTATIVES J.D. HAYWORTH AND JIM RYUN\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. CLIFF STEARNS\n\n                               of florida\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I have had the privilege of working with\nsome great men and women over my years in Congress, and I rise today to\npay my respect to two of my colleagues who will be leaving at the end\nof this year: Representatives J.D. Hayworth and Jim Ryun.\n  Anyone who has worked with J.D. Hayworth can readily testify that he\nis a charismatic man of many talents. His career in Congress has been\nhighlighted by his leadership on immigration reform, advocacy for\nenhanced border security and prioritization of national security in\nthese threatening times. In addition, he has received the ``Taxpayer\nHero'' award from Citizens Against Government Waste 10 times, and was\nrecently awarded the ``Lifetime Tax Fighter'' award from the National\nTax Limitation Committee. He has also worked tirelessly for protection\nof children. His provisions for a centralized law enforcement database\nof child abusers strengthened the Adam Walsh Child Protection and\nSafety Act, which President Bush signed into law this July.\n  These are some of the many distinctive achievements of J.D. Hayworth\nas a public official, but many may not know some of the unique\ncharacteristics he possesses as an individual. I got to know J.D.\nbetter when I went and campaigned for him. I met his wonderful family\nand enjoyed their warm hospitality during my times in Arizona. He is a\nloving family man with a great sense of humor. Many may not be aware of\none of his unique talents. He has an uncanny ability to mimic the\nspeech of other Members. His impersonation of Representative Howard\nCoble in particular is one of the best I have ever heard.\n  I greatly respect J.D., will sorely miss him, and I hope he will\nconsider returning to public office sometime in the near future.\n  I would also like to take a moment to honor Representative Jim Ryun.\nHe has greatly impressed me with his leadership--both in his public\noffice and in his personal life. He has fervently worked for\ntraditional family values, fiscal responsibility, immigration reform,\nand improving the lives of our men and women in uniform. For several\nyears now, he worked to pass the Military Personnel Financial Services\nProtection Act, which protects service members from coercive tactics\nemployed by some credit institutions. This legislation overwhelmingly\npassed the House and paved the way for its companion legislation to be\nsigned into law this past September. I was also impressed and touched\nby his eloquence during the debate on the Respect for Fallen Heroes Act\nwhen he stated, ``Our service members embody the exact opposite of hate\nby sacrificing their lives so that we can keep ours. I pay tribute to\nthem . . .'' It is this selflessness and integrity that has made it a\npleasure to work with him.\n  It is also an honor to know him as a friend. Jim is a committed\nfamily man. He and his wife Anne have worked as a ``dynamic duo'' to\nstrengthen and promote family values through their work with the\nStatesmen Leaders Conference and the Congressional Wives' Club. He is\nmost famously identified as the man who broke the 4-minute mile, an\nincredible feat of athleticism that many of us, myself included, wish\nwe could replicate. But I would not identify him that way. Instead, I\nwould identify him most readily with his faith, for that is how he\nlives his life. I have had the pleasure of attending many Bible studies\nwith him here at the Capitol, and I have found the source of his\nstrength of character stems from his deep faith in God. His love for\nGod and his fellow man has inspired many of us, and led some to a\ndeeper relationship with God themselves. I value the time I have had to\nwork with Jim. I will miss his calming presence and insight in the\n110th Congress, and I pray that God blesses him and his family in his\nfuture endeavors.\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-PgE2143-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 39.96312711387873, "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"}