{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2017", "2012-12-31", 112, 2, null, null, "DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2012", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2017", "E2017", "[{\"name\": \"Chris Van Hollen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "158 Cong. Rec. E2017", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2017]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS\n                              ACT OF 2012\n\n                                 ______\n\n                               speech of\n\n                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN\n\n                              of maryland\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Sunday, December 30, 2012\n\n  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a cosponsor of the State\nDepartment Rewards Program Update Act to thank my House colleagues\nRepresentatives Berman and Ros-Lehtinen for their collaboration on the\nbill and also to thank Senator Kerry for introducing and managing the\nSenate companion.\n  This measure expands on the authority of the State Department to\nissue rewards for information that leads to the arrest and conviction\nof people accused of the commission of armed terrorist attacks, drug\ntrafficking, cybercrimes, animal poaching and transnational organized\ncrimes. I added my name as a cosponsor to the bill because I hoped it\nwould contribute to existing international efforts to capture Joseph\nKony, the guerrilla leader of the Lord's Resistance Army who has\nabducted, tortured, abused and forced thousands of children into a life\nof brutal violence and sexual slavery. Though one of Kony's top\nlieutenants has been captured, Kony remains on the run.\n  With the passage of this measure, more resources will be made\navailable to help bring him to justice. I encourage my colleagues to\njoin me in support of the bill.\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-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2017"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1247909860685468, "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"}