{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ken-buck-congratulates-congressional-app-challenge-winners", "Ken Buck Congratulates Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2017-12-08", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Ken Buck", "B001297", "buck.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For Immediate Release\nContact: Kyle Huwa, 202-225-4676\nWindsor, CO \u2013 Today, Congressman Ken Buck announced the 4th Congressional District winners of the Congressional App Challenge. Evan Hassman and Hunter Burley, students at Erie High School, received first place for their app, \u201cIn Space, Out of Gas.\u201d The computer-based role-playing game written in the Scratch programming language challenges users to explore a perilous space environment.\n\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of everyone who participated in the Congressional App Challenge this year. This challenge encourages students around the country to develop a STEM skillset and in doing so, prepare for a future career that contributes in important ways to the American economy,\u201d stated Congressman Ken Buck. \u201cI applaud Evan and Hunter for investing their time and effort in this creative app idea.\u201d\nThe Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition aimed at promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. Students have the opportunity to code an app of their choice, either individually or in teams. A panel of judges from Colorado\u2019s technology community evaluate the entries and choose a first-place winner who will be invited to Washington, D.C. to present the app.\nWinning entrants Hassman and Burley posted this video description of their app.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://buck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ken-buck-congratulates-congressional-app-challenge-winners"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7408089004456997, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}