{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-honors-nebraska-supreme-court-chief-justice-mike-heavican", "Congressman Flood Honors Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Heavican", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Mike Flood", "F000474", "flood.house.gov", "flood", "https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood delivered remarks honor Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Heavican.\n\nVideo of Rep. Flood\u2019s comments can be found here. News outlets are welcome to use the footage for their reporting purposes. A transcript of his remarks can be found below.\n\nMister Speaker, I rise today to honor Chief Justice Mike Heavican of the State of Nebraska, who has announced his retirement after almost two decades of exemplary service as the head of Nebraska\u2019s Supreme Court and its entire judicial branch.\n\nThrough the years, the Chief Justice has led Nebraska\u2019s judiciary with integrity. Before his time on the bench, he served as a deputy county attorney, a county attorney, the U.S. Attorney, and then the Chief Justice.\n\nThroughout his career, he has preserved the independence of our judiciary while collaborating with the state\u2019s leaders to strengthen its engagement with the public.\n\nDuring my time as Speaker of the Unicameral, I had the great honor of working with Chief Justice Heavican to establish the first and now annual tradition of the \u201cState of the Judiciary\u201d address to our state\u2019s legislature.\n\nOn behalf of the people of the First District, I want to extend best wishes to Chief Justice Heavican and our sincere gratitude for his decades of remarkable public service.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-honors-nebraska-supreme-court-chief-justice-mike-heavican"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4455472119152546, "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"}