{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2014-12-16-pt1-PgS6919-2", "2014-12-16", 113, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO RUSS SMITH", "SENATE", "SENATE", "TRIBUTETO", "S6919", "S6919", "[{\"name\": \"Thomas R. Carper\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "160 Cong. Rec. S6919", "Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 155 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S6919]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                         TRIBUTE TO RUSS SMITH\n\n Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, on behalf of the Delaware\nDelegation, I wish to honor the exemplary service of the superintendent\nof the First State National Historical Park, Mr. Russell P. Russ Smith.\nA native of New Castle, DE, and a devoted husband to his wife\nJacqueline, two sons and two grandchildren, Russ returned to Delaware\nin May 2013 to cap his 42-year career with the National Park Service at\nthe First State National Historical Park.\n  Russ began working for the National Park Service shortly after\nearning a degree in American history from the University of Delaware.\nFor the 10 years prior to his work in Delaware, he managed\nFredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in\nFredericksburg, VA. His 28 years of field experience have included\nassignments at Prince William Forest Park, Fort Sumter National\nMonument, Independence National Historical Park, Hopewell Furnace\nNational Historic Site and George Washington Birthplace National\nMonument.\n  In 11 years at Independence National Historical Park, Russ oversaw\nnearly 100 employees and was responsible for telling the park's great\nstory in American history by planning interpretive programs, creating\nmuseum and outdoor exhibits, and developing videos and publications. In\n1989, Russ continued telling America's great stories when he was named\nchief of interpretation and visitor services for the Mid-Atlantic\nregion, a position in which he pioneered the current interpretive\nplanning system used by the National Park Service.\n  It is fitting that his long career led him back to Delaware, where in\nMarch of 2013, President Barack Obama authorized sites in Delaware to\nbe a part of the First State National Monument. The monument tells the\nstory of early colonial settlement leading up to the ratification of\nthe constitution. For the first time, Delaware was included in the\nNational Park System, and Russ was back home, leading the monument as\nsuperintendent. Under his watch, the First State National Monument\nturned into the First State National Historical Park, finally giving\nDelaware the national park it long deserved.\n  Russ has received the Mid-Atlantic Region's Freeman Tilden Award, the\nhighest award for interpretation, the Director's Design Award for his\ninterpretive plan for the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, a\nSuperior Service Award from the Department of the Interior for\nredesigning the National Park Service interpretive planning system and\nthe National Park Service's Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for excellence in\ncultural resource management.\n  Russ is a visionary and a leader. His work touched as many as 70\nnational park units from Maine to West Virginia and has allowed\nAmericans and visitors from around the world to understand and enjoy\nthe history and beauty that our Nation's national parks and monuments\nhold. Russ has devoted his life's work to our Nation's park service and\nhas done a tremendous job of inspiring others to enjoy our Nation's\nhistory.\n  On behalf of Senator Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney, I\nwholeheartedly thank Russ for his 42 years of service to the National\nPark Service and to our Nation. His model leadership and dedication to\neducate those of all generations is his legacy. We offer our sincere\ncongratulations on a job well done, and wish him, his wife Jacqueline,\nand their family many happy, healthy and successful years to\ncome.\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-2014-12-16-pt1-PgS6919-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 17.37529505044222, "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"}