{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2889", "Speaker Johnson Hosts Awards Ceremony Honoring Community Leaders", "2026-05-29", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Mike Johnson", "J000299", "mikejohnson.house.gov", "mikejohnson", "https://mikejohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 On Thursday, Speaker Johnson hosted the \"Spirit of Louisiana\" Community Awards Ceremony in Bossier City, honoring Congressional Commendation recipients from Louisiana\u2019s Fourth Congressional District.\n\n\u201cThis is something we look forward to every year, the Spirit of Louisiana Awards. And so, we gave it to some very fitting recipients as you saw, people who have contributed so much to their local communities and to the state and the nation in so many ways,\u201d Speaker Johnson said. \"And one of the great joys of being the Representative for Louisiana's Fourth Congressional District is that we have the greatest people in the world, so many worthy recipients of awards like this.\u201d\n\n2026 Congressional Commendation Recipients:\n\nAllen\n\nBarbara Savant: dedicated to helping local businesses and driving economic development as the Executive Director of the Kinder Chamber of Commerce\n\nBeauregard\n\nPatty Wilkin: established and leads the Sew Caring Prayer Quilt Ministry to provide hand-sewn prayer quilts to those in need\n\nHarold Lester: 99-year-old U.S. Navy WWII veteran\n\nBossier\n\nClerk of Court Jill Sessions and the Clerk\u2019s Office: dedication to assisting citizens with passport applications and renewals through passport fair coordinated with Speaker Johnson\u2019s district office\n\nSheriff Julian Whittington: recognition of Speaker Johnson\u2019s recent appointment of Sheriff Whittington to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention\n\nBienville\n\nSheriff John Ballance: longest serving Sheriff in north Louisiana\n\nRodney Warren: long-time Secretary/Treasurer for Bienville Parish Police Jury and service at Bienville Parish GOSHEP for 26 years\n\nCaddo\n\nMike and Mark Mangham: dedication to capturing and preserving history of northwest Louisiana as the TwinBlends History Hunters of NW Louisiana\n\nPam Mackey, Latonia Elias, Brooke Broadway, and Janet Ward of the Shreveport Fire Department: dedication to the Department and community and encouraging young women who are considering a career in fire service\n\nGrant Muslow: first-place winner at the 2026 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge with the creation of \u201cFarmMind,\u201d which helps farmers manage operations more efficiently\n\nDr. Jerome Cox: dedication to ministry and active role in the north Louisiana community\n\nRev. Lane Moore: service to churches in the Northwest Louisiana Baptist Association\n\nCalcasieu\n\nSheriff Stitch Guillory, Chief Deputy Gene Pittman, and the Southwest Louisiana Human Trafficking Task Force: dedication to eliminating human trafficking, ensuring justice to perpetrators, and providing support to victims\n\nClaiborne\n\nRosalind Penegar: dedication to service as a Claiborne Parish Domestic Abuse Resistance Team (DART) advocate\n\nDeSoto\n\nSheriff Jayson Richardson: recognition of Speaker Johnson\u2019s recent appointment of Sheriff Richardson to the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board\n\nEvangeline\n\nConnie Landreneau and New Life Pregnancy Center: dedication to preserving the sanctity of life and supporting mothers and children in need\n\nGrant\n\nGene Wesley Tiley: 100-year-old WWII veteran\n\nLincoln\n\nErnie Stevens: Vietnam veteran and service to the North Louisiana Military Museum in Ruston\n\nOuachita\n\nAmanda Edge: dedication to economic development and growth of northeast Louisiana\n\nRapides\n\nTroy Toney: annually depicts Jesus in Easter productions and devotion to bringing the message of Jesus to life\n\nSabine\n\nDon Burkett: Louisiana\u2019s longest-serving District Attorney of over 40 years and founder of Taylor House Shelter, which supports victims of domestic violence\n\nUnion\n\nRobert Allen: Farmerville volunteer fireman of 58 years and his service to the community\n\nVernon\n\nSheriff Sam Craft: 40 years of service in law enforcement\n\nBecky Curl: dedication to supporting soldiers and families at Fort Polk alongside her husband Major General Jason Curl, Commanding General of JRTC and Fort Polk\n\nWebster\n\nCindy Richardson Madden: active community member, Gold Star Mom, member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and established a recycle flag box in her yard\n\nWinn\n\nShaun and Lacy Garner: created the after-school program, \u201cTuesday School,\u201d to serve students as Pastors of First Assembly Church in Winnfield\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-02T06:40:38Z", "2026-06-02T06:42:17Z"]], "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://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2889"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5128417871892452, "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"}