{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-5", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E171", "E171", "[{\"name\": \"Brendan F. Boyle\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA GAY\n                                  NEWS\n\n                                 ______\n\n                         HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE\n\n                            of pennsylvania\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                         Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n  Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate\nand celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia Gay\nNews (PGN), the second-longest continuously publishing LGBTQ newspaper\nin the Nation, and a pillar of the Philadelphia journalistic community.\n  Under the extraordinary leadership of founder Mark Segal, PGN has\nremained the preeminent voice for Philadelphia's LGBTQ community for\ndecades and has been a source of some of our region's finest\njournalism. From being the forum of the first ever op-ed from a major-\nparty presidential candidate published in an LGBTQ newspaper, to being\nrecognized with an historical marker by the Commonwealth of\nPennsylvania, PGN has been a trailblazing publication since its\nfounding in 1976.\n  PGN could not have had the tremendous success that it has had over\nthe last half-century if not for the vision and exceptional leadership\nof Mark Segal. Mark's role as both a longtime civic leader in\nPhiladelphia and as an icon of our Nation's LGBTQ community cannot be\noverstated. He founded Gay Youth in 1970 and was a founding member of\nthe Gay Liberation Front in 1969. Mark also partnered with the Obama\nAdministration in 2012 to create the John C. Anderson Apartments in\nPhiladelphia, the Nation's first LGBTQ-friendly senior affordable\nhousing facility. The same tireless work ethic that helped him build\nPGN continues to influence his various civic efforts, for which our\ncity and country are immeasurably better off and for which we are all\ngrateful.\n  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing and\ncongratulating Mark and the entire Philadelphia Gay News team as we\ncelebrate the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary journalistic\ninstitution.\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-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-5"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 15.030664973892272, "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"}