{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://levin.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-levin-announces-2024-congressional-app-challenge-winner", "Rep. Mike Levin Announces 2024 Congressional App Challenge Winner", "2024-12-21", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Mike Levin", "L000593", "levin.house.gov", "levin", "https://levin.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "The Icon for FindFoodPantries, the Winner of Rep. Levin\u2019s Congressional App Challenge\n\nOceanside, CA \u2013 Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) announced Justin Tam as the winner of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for California\u2019s 49th Congressional District. The local high school student created FindFoodPantries, an app which creates a central directory for locating nearby food banks to help address food insecurity. Justin was inspired to create the app after volunteering and coming face to face with the issue in his community.\n\n\u201cBuilding an app from scratch is no small feat. It\u2019s incredible to see all the time and effort our students put in to create programs that help their communities,\u201d said Rep. Levin. \u201cCongratulations to Justin for winning this year\u2019s challenge. This issue of food insecurity is a growing problem in California, and his app helps us take one step closer to ensuring everyone has the food and nutrition they need.\u201d\n\nThe second-place winner is Matthew Martono whose app, Plum: Grocery Price Tracker, allows users to compare grocery prices across nearby stores.\n\nThe third-place winner is Gary Wang, whose app, Foreign Language Pro, helps users practice a foreign language by watching their favorite shows and engaging videos while providing helpful vocabulary and knowledge tests.\n\nThe Congressional App Challenge was launched in 2015 as an effort to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, and to encourage students to learn coding and computer science skills. Students in participating congressional districts compete against their peers by creating original software applications. Winning apps are featured on the U.S. House of Representatives\u2019 website, the Congressional App Challenge\u2019s website, and are also displayed in an exhibit in the U.S. Capitol Building.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://levin.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-levin-announces-2024-congressional-app-challenge-winner"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8835300579667091, "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"}