{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-flood-honors-legacy-howard-hawks-0", "Rep. Flood Honors the Legacy of Howard Hawks", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Mike Flood", "F000474", "flood.house.gov", "flood", "https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE) delivered remarks on the House floor celebrating the life and legacy of Howard L. Hawks of Nebraska.\n\nA video of his remarks can be accessed by clicking here. News outlets are welcome to use the footage for reporting purposes. The full text of Congressman Flood\u2019s speech is provided below.\n\nMister Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the incredible life and legacy of Nebraska\u2019s own, Howard Hawks.\n\nHoward was a generational leader, who lived the American dream, co-founding, an energy company called Tenaska. Since founding the company in 1987, he helped grow it into one of the largest privately held companies in America.\n\nIf anyone knows Howard Hawks, you\u2019d know that if he got involved in a project, people in a five-state area knew exactly what was going on and it would get done.\n\nOne of his greatest investments was at the University of Nebraska where he gave of both his time and his treasure. He served almost two decades as a regent and helped strengthen our Husker athletic program as a booster. In recent years, he provided the lead gift that helped build the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\u2019s business school.\n\nThis is just one example of the philanthropic projects that Howard took on through the years.\n\nHoward will be greatly missed. Our hearts and prayers go out to Rhonda and the entire Hawks family as we mourn his loss.\n\nThank you, I yield back.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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/rep-flood-honors-legacy-howard-hawks-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7133469916880131, "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"}