{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2024-12-31-pt1-PgH7430-2", "2024-12-31", 118, 2, null, null, "INFORMING CONGRESS OF THE DEATH OF JAMES EARL CARTER, JR., THE 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H7430", "H7430", null, null, "170 Cong. Rec. H7430", "Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 196 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 196 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)]\n[House]\n[Page H7430]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n  INFORMING CONGRESS OF THE DEATH OF JAMES EARL CARTER, JR., THE 39TH\n   PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE\n                             UNITED STATES\n\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message\nfrom the President of the United States; which was read:\n\nTo the Congress of the United States:\n  By this Message, I officially inform you of the death of James Earl\nCarter, Jr., the thirty-ninth President of the United States.\n  President Carter was a man of character, courage, and compassion,\nwhose lifetime of service defined him as one of the most influential\nstatesmen in our history. He embodied the very best of America: A\nhumble servant of God and the people. A heroic champion of global peace\nand human rights, and an honorable leader whose moral clarity and\nhopeful vision lifted our Nation and changed our world.\n  The son of a farmer and a nurse, President Carter's remarkable career\nin public service began in 1943 as a cadet at the United States Naval\nAcademy. He later served in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets before\nbecoming a decorated lieutenant, and being selected to join the elite\nnuclear submarine program.\n  After his father died, he shifted from active duty to the Navy\nReserve and returned home to Plains, Georgia, to help manage his\nfamily's peanut farm. He worked hard stewarding the land while leading\nhis community as a church deacon, Sunday school teacher, and board\nmember of a hospital and library. His deep faith inspired a passion for\npublic service that led him to be elected State Senator, Georgia's 76th\nGovernor, and ultimately President of the United States.\n  As President, he understood that Government must be as good as its\npeople--and his faith in the people was boundless just as his belief in\nAmerica was limitless and his hope for our common future was perennial.\n  With President Carter's leadership, the modern Department of\nEducation and the Department of Energy were created. He championed\nconservation and his commitment to a more just world was at the heart\nof his foreign policy, leading on nuclear nonproliferation, signing the\nPanama Canal treaties, and mediating the historic 1978 Camp David\nAccords. His partnership with Vice President Walter Mondale is one that\nfuture administrations strived to achieve.\n  Following his Presidency, President Carter advanced an agenda that\nelevated the least among us. Guided by an unwavering belief in the\npower of human goodness and the God-given dignity of every human being,\nhe worked tirelessly around the globe to broker peace; eradicate\ndisease; house the homeless; and protect human rights, freedom, and\ndemocracy.\n  Through his extraordinary moral leadership, President Carter lived a\nnoble life full of meaning and purpose. And as a trusted spiritual\nleader, he shepherded people through seasons of pain and joy, inspiring\nthem through the power of his example and healing them through the\npower of his guidance.\n  As we mourn the loss of President Carter, we hold the memory of his\nbeloved Rosalynn, his wife of over 77 Years, close in our hearts.\nExemplifying hope, warmth, and service, she and her husband inspired\nthe Nation. The love Rosalynn and President Carter shared is the\ndefinition of partnership, and their devotion to public service is the\ndefinition of patriotism.\n   May President Carter's memory continue to be a light pointing us\nforward. May we continue to be guided by his spirit in our Nation and\nin our world.\n                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.\nThe White House, December 30, 2024.\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-2024-12-31-pt1-PgH7430-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.063355969265103, "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"}