{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hagedorn.house.gov/media/press-releases/hagedorn-congratulates-congressional-app-challenge-winners", "Hagedorn Congratulates Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2020-12-14", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Jim Hagedorn", "H001088", "hagedorn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Congressman Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) today voiced his congratulations to Anjali Donthi, Sarah Bulur and Caitlin McWilliams of Century High School in Rochester for being named the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for Minnesota's First District. The winning app, OperationSerenity, was developed to help ease anxiety of children preparing for surgery.\nOperationSerenity is a truly innovative and honorable idea that will help children ease their fears and uncertainties as they approach medical procedures. Congratulations to Anjali, Sarah and Caitlin for winning the Congressional App Challenge and for making their school and community proud, said Hagedorn. I thank all the bright young minds in southern Minnesota who participated in this competition, and I encourage all students who are interested in the STEM fields to continue pursuing opportunities like these to express their creativity and develop critical skills for their future careers.\nThe winning students will have the opportunity to feature their app at the 2021 House of Code conference next spring.\nWatch the winning team's presentation here.\nJim Hagedorn was elected in 2018 to represent Minnesota's First District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He grew up on his family's grain and livestock farm near Truman. Jim's father, former U.S. Congressman Tom Hagedorn (MN-02), grandfather, and great-grandfather were all southern Minnesota farmers. Jim currently resides in the rural farming community of Blue Earth. Hagedorn brings policy experience to Capitol Hill from time spent as a congressional aide to former U.S. Congressman Arlan Stangeland (MN-07) and a congressional relations officer for two non-partisan U.S. Department of the Treasury agencies. Hagedorn serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Small Business to promote farming, Main Street enterprises and southern Minnesota's way of life.\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://hagedorn.house.gov/media/press-releases/hagedorn-congratulates-congressional-app-challenge-winners"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7013748399913311, "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"}