{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2018-12-31-pt1-PgE1741-3", "2018-12-31", 115, 2, null, null, "HONORING RAY O'HANLON", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E1741", "E1742", "[{\"name\": \"Eliot L. Engel\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "164 Cong. Rec. E1741", "Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 206 (Monday, December 31, 2018)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 206 (Monday, December 31, 2018)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E1741-E1742]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                         HONORING RAY O'HANLON\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL\n\n                              of new york\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Monday, December 31, 2018\n\n  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the importance of a free and open press\ncannot be overstated, especially in our local communities. I am very\nfortunate to represent a district that is covered by the Irish Echo, an\noutstanding local newspaper, which is led by my friend and one of this\nyear's Ancient Order of Hibernians' honorees, Ray O'Hanlon.\n  As Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I have had\nthe pleasure of working with Ray for many years on a wide variety of\ntopics, including Irish-American issues which have always been\nparticularly close to my heart.\n  Ray is the editor of the New York-published Irish Echo. A native of\nDublin who worked for\n\n[[Page E1742]]\n\nthe Irish Press newspaper group before moving to the United States in\n1987, Ray has reported from three continents in a news career spanning\n39 years.\n  In addition to his work as a reporter and editor, Ray has been a\nfrequent contributor to U.S., Irish, and British media outlets\nreporting on Ireland, Irish-American affairs, and Anglo-Irish\nrelations. He has appeared on CBS 60 minutes, ABC World News Tonight,\nand the Lehrer News Hour on PBS. He has also been interviewed on RTE,\nBBC and ITV, both television and radio.\n  A prolific writer, Ray's book, ``The New Irish Americans'' (Roberts\nRinehart, 1998) was the recipient of a Washington Irving Book Award.\n``The South Lawn Plot,'' his first fiction work, was published in 2011\nby Boston-based Gemma Media publishers. Ray is currently working on a\nnew book on Irish immigration that will have a particular focus on the\n1965 Immigration Reform and Nationality Act. A graduate of University\nCollege Dublin, Ray lives with his wife Lisa, a native of Danville,\nIllinois, in Ossining, New York. They have three grown children: Kate,\nLiz and Jack.\n  Ray O'Hanlon has accomplished a great deal over a long and\ndistinguished career. He is most deserving of this wonderful\nrecognition from AOH. Congratulations to Ray and I thank him for all he\ncontinues to do on behalf of our community.\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-2018-12-31-pt1-PgE1741-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 22.15272095054388, "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"}