{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2008-12-12-pt1-PgS10973-2", "2008-12-12", 110, 2, null, null, "HONORING LAWRENCE MCHUGH", "SENATE", "SENATE", "HONORING", "S10973", "S10974", "[{\"name\": \"Christopher J. Dodd\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "154 Cong. Rec. S10973", "Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 187 (Friday, December 12, 2008)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 187 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S10973-S10974]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                        HONORING LAWRENCE MCHUGH\n\n Mr. DODD. Mr. President, in these times of financial\nuncertainty, today I would like to take the time to commend Mr.\nLawrence McHugh of my State, and to recognize his 25 years of\nleadership at the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.\n  In Larry's quarter century as the president of the organization,\nmembership has grown from 282 to a total of 2,400 members who employ\nover 50,000 individuals in central Connecticut.\n  The Chamber itself now employs 22 people and increased its annual\nbudget from $109,000 in 1983 to over $2 million in 2007.\n\n[[Page S10974]]\n\n  Mr. McHugh has served as the president of the Connecticut Association\nof Chamber of Commerce Executives and vice chair of both the\nConnecticut Employment and Training Commission and the Connecticut\nTourism Council, as well as on many other boards of organizations that\nseek to improve businesses and communities across the State.\n  Impressive as these figures may be, the true measure of his\ncontributions to his community cannot be measured by statistics or\nfigures.\n  Larry McHugh has shown remarkable leadership in protecting not only\nthe local businesses of central Connecticut, but also the future of our\nState through his extensive work with our youth.\n  Following an injury that ended his football career with the AFL's New\nYork Titans, Larry took a position as the football coach for Xavier\nHigh School in Middletown, CT where he spent 20 years inspiring his\nathletes to great success both on and off the field. He would later\ncombine his interest in achieving the best for his students and\nathletes with his business savvy in spending 8 years as the head of\nfund raising for Mercy and Xavier High Schools.\n  Fortunately for the youth of Connecticut, Larry has continued to\ninvest in their futures in the years since his retirement from\ncoaching. Under Larry's leadership, the Middlesex County Chamber of\nCommerce has consistently promoted programs seeking to partner\nbusinesses with the young people of the State, both equipping the youth\nwith real life experiences and business opportunities and providing\nlocal businesses with the ability to reinvest in the futures of their\ncompanies. Larry has placed a premium on establishing a vital\nconnection between businesses and the community's greatest asset--its\nhuman capital.\n  Despite great worries over our national economy, it is of the utmost\ncomfort to me to know that the businesses of central Connecticut are\nunder the leadership of a man who has a proven record of doing great\nthings for his Chamber and for his community. I would like to join my\nvoice with those across Connecticut that already speak of his success\nwith the greatest respect, and commend Larry McHugh for his 25 years of\nservice. His continued focus on the promise of the future convinces me\nthat there is none better to be leading the local industries at such a\ntime as this.\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-2008-12-12-pt1-PgS10973-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 92.46422303840518, "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"}