{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2014-12-16-pt1-PgS6919-3", "2014-12-16", 113, 2, null, null, "REMEMBERING MELVIN MARK RICHARDSON", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S6919", "S6920", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Crapo\", \"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[Pages S6919-S6920]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                   REMEMBERING MELVIN MARK RICHARDSON\n\n Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I wish to honor the life of Mel\nRichardson, an\n\n[[Page S6920]]\n\nIdaho leader with a legacy in public service and broadcasting, who\npassed away last week.\n  Mel Richardson's radio broadcasting career thankfully brought him and\nhis wife of 61 years, Dixie, to Idaho more than six decades ago. And we\nare better for it. Over the span of his 62-year radio and television\nbroadcasting career, Mel hosted several sports and public affairs\nprograms and was a sportscaster for professional, college and high\nschool athletics.\n  He also devoted considerable time to public service. During the\nKorean war, he served in the Active Army Reserves and later was the\nfirst elected mayor of the City of Ammon, where he led significant\npublic works projects, paving the way for the town's future progress. I\nwas honored to serve in the Idaho State Legislature with him. During my\ntime in the Idaho State Senate, he served in the Idaho House of\nRepresentatives, and was elected to the Idaho State Senate seat I\nvacated when I was elected to Congress in 1992. For 16 years, he served\nin the Idaho State Senate, where he utilized his position to expand\neducation opportunities for Idaho students by furthering the adoption\nof technology in Idaho schools.\n  Mel served our community and Idaho with civility and excellence. In\naddition to his tenure in the legislature, he served in numerous other\npositions. These included serving as director of Idaho Association of\nCities; co-chairman of the Idaho Centennial Commission; Bonneville\nCounty Recreation commissioner; chairman of the American Family\nInstitute; and chairman of the United Way. His exemplary work was\nrecognized through numerous awards and honors that included being named\nLegislator of the Year by the Idaho State Republican Party, Idaho\nLibrary Association, State Farm Bureau and Idaho School Administrators.\n  He was also active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day\nSaints, in which he served in numerous leadership positions.\nAdditionally, he supported the Boy Scouts of America through which he\nwas the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award of Merit. Mel also\nrecognized the life lessons afforded in sports and instilled these\nvalues through coaching youth athletic teams.\n  Mel welcomed me as a regular guest on the radio program he hosted\nwith his son, Mark, who continues to host the talk show. I greatly\nadmired Mel's openness in taking all sides of an issue into account,\nand his kindness and consideration. Mel had one of the greatest\nqualities: As his son, Todd, recognized, ``He could disagree with you\nwithout being disagreeable.'' I could always count on an interesting,\nthoughtful discussion, and I looked forward each week to our\nconversations.\n  But among all those accomplishments and public accolades, Mel's pride\nand strength was found in his family and home. He and Dixie raised five\nchildren, who have all gone on to contribute to their own communities.\nHe loved the time that he spent with them; in fact, he passed up some\ninteresting career opportunities to ensure that he would be able to\nspend time with them. Mel's enthusiasm and joy in life can also be\nfound in his 25 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.\n  I extend my deep condolences to Dixie, their children and his many\nfamily members and friends. We are all better for having known him, and\nhis legacy of thoughtfulness, inclusiveness and devotion to furthering\nopportunities for others and Idaho's future will not be\nforgotten.\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-PgS6919-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 6.321922061033547, "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"}