{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2023-2", "2012-12-31", 112, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. ROMAIN CLEROU", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2023", "E2023", "[{\"name\": \"Kevin McCarthy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "158 Cong. Rec. E2023", "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 E2023]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                 HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. ROMAIN CLEROU\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. KEVIN McCARTHY\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Monday, December 31, 2012\n\n  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the\nlife of Dr. Romain Clerou, a local doctor from my hometown of\nBakersfield, California who passed away on November 20, 2012. Romain\nselflessly served our community for over 65 years through his medical\npractice and will be remembered as a good friend to many, and a fixture\non the sidelines at the local college and high school football games.\n  Born in Bakersfield to French immigrants, Romain attended Kern County\nUnion High School, Bakersfield Junior College, the University of\nCalifornia at Berkeley, and Creighton Medical School in Nebraska before\nserving in the U.S. Navy's 41st Seabees during the Second World War.\n  In 1946, after the war had passed, Romain set up his medical practice\nin Bakersfield. Throughout the following decades, he would become well-\nregarded for his constant availability and the personal attention given\nto each of his patients. Dr. Clerou treated countless ailments,\ndelivered thousands of babies, and befriended generations of families.\n  Additionally, Romain was the beloved team doctor for many athletes on\nBakersfield football teams, a service for which he was known to never\ncharge. Romain loved sports. He was a gymnast and football player and\ncontinued to play competitive rounds of golf up until late February of\nthis year. Only a few months ago, Romain could be found at Bakersfield\nCollege taking in a football practice, sitting in a golf cart and\nsmoking the cigars he was so well known for.\n  Mr. Speaker, it is this kind of dedication to community service that\nreflects the great characteristics of our nation's people. As someone\nwho lived life to the fullest and spent most of that life serving the\npeople of Bakersfield, Romain was not only a pillar of strength to his\ncommunity, but also to his country. He is survived by Mrs. Mayie\nMaitia, along with her family, his six children, and five\ngrandchildren. While I ask that my colleagues join me today in honoring\nthe life of a great American, I have no doubt that Dr. Romain Clerou\nwill be long remembered by the community he served so well.\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-PgE2023-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 34.64034688659012, "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"}