{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2020-12-31-pt1-PgE1219", "2020-12-31", 116, 2, null, null, "FAREWELL REMARKS FOR CONGRESSMAN KENNY MARCHANT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E1219", "E1219", "[{\"name\": \"Devin Nunes\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "166 Cong. Rec. E1219", "Congressional Record, Volume 166 Issue 223 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 223 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E1219]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n            FAREWELL REMARKS FOR CONGRESSMAN KENNY MARCHANT\n\n                                 ______\n\n                            HON. DEVIN NUNES\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Thursday, December 31, 2020\n\n  Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, public service calls us at different times\nand in different ways. Some lead with loud voices, but often the most\nsignificant leaders are humble folk who quietly and tirelessly work to\nserve their constituents. My friend Kenny Marchant is one of those\ngreat leaders, and I am proud to have served with him.\n  Service comes natural for the Bonham, TX native, something he learned\nfrom his father Hobart, who was a barber and World War II Veteran.\nThroughout his thirty-five years of public service, from zoning\ncommittee and city council to state representative to the U.S. House of\nRepresentatives, Kenny has ceaselessly worked to make both Texas and\nAmerica great.\n  Everyone that knows Kenny knows of his love and adornment for his\nfamily, his wife Donna, sons Matthew, Luke, and Kenny, Jr., and his\ndaughter Dallas. But if you really want to see him smile, ask him about\nhis grandchildren, Kendall, Hayden, Carolina, Sadie, Walker, Neyland,\nConway, and Carter Bailey.\n  Congressman Marchant served this House, the state of Texas, and the\npeople of District 24 with honor, respect, and dignity. I will greatly\nmiss him on the Ways and Means Committee where we served together for\nmany years. His impact in helping pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of\n2017 and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement cannot be understated.\nAnd, during this Congress, Congressman Marchant was selected as Ranking\nMember of the House Ethics Committee, a position in which he continued\nhis devotion to humble public service.\n  I very much wish Kenny wasn't retiring at the end of this Congress,\nbut he has earned a well-deserved retirement. I ask all of my\ncolleagues to join me in congratulating our friend and colleague on his\nmany years of service. We wish him, and the Marchant family, all the\nbest on his retirement."]], "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-2020-12-31-pt1-PgE1219"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 11.873448034748435, "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"}