{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-congratulates-wday-chief-meteorologist-john-wheeler-his-retirement", "Fedorchak congratulates WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler on his retirement", "2025-05-16", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) spoke on the House Floor yesterday to congratulate WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler on his retirement after a remarkable 40-year career.\n\nBelow are her remarks as prepared for delivery:\n\nMr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler.\n\nOn May 16th, tomorrow, John will deliver his final forecast, sunsetting a memorable 40-year broadcasting career.\n\nJohn joined WDAY in 1985 as the station\u2019s first on-air meteorologist.\n\nSince then, he\u2019s weathered it all\u2014guiding North Dakotans through blizzards, floods, and drought \u2014 always with steady insight, clear instructions, and a partly-sunny optimism, even on the coldest North Dakota days.\n\nLet\u2019s be honest, being a weatherman in my state is no easy task.\n\nAnd while our weather is reliably unpredictable, John was always a high-pressure system of calm and confidence, helping farmers, families, and everyone in between plan for a smooth day ahead.\n\nJohn, as you enter retirement, the forecast looks great!\n\nI see clear skies ahead, wind at your back, and hopefully an extended period of sunshine.\n\nThank you, John, for helping us weather so many storms.\n\nI wish you the very best in this new season of life.\n\nMr. Speaker. I yield back.\n\nCLICK HERE to watch the full speech.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-congratulates-wday-chief-meteorologist-john-wheeler-his-retirement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7054370362311602, "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"}