{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/tribute-paul-hollis", "TRIBUTE TO PAUL HOLLIS", "2021-05-27", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Cindy Hyde-Smith", "H001079", "www.hydesmith.senate.gov", "hydesmith", "https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/newsroom", "scraper", "Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 93\n\n(Senate - May 27, 2021) PDF\n\nMrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I am pleased to commend Mr.\n\nPaul Hollis of Rolling Fork, MS, for his service and contributions to\n\nthe State of Mississippi while serving as the 85th president of Delta\n\nCouncil.\n\nOrganized in 1935, Delta Council plays an important role in uniting\n\nthe agricultural, business, and economic development leadership to\n\nsolve problems and promote greater opportunities in the Mississippi\n\nDelta region, which encompasses 19 counties in Northwest Mississippi.\n\nMr. Hollis has selflessly committed himself this year to the standing\n\npriorities of Delta Council's agenda, namely flood control, among other\n\nmajor issues the council addresses. As the owner and operator of Hollis\n\nFarms in Anguilla, MS, for over 30 years, he knows all too well the\n\nunjust history and devastation the incomplete Yazoo Backwater Pumps\n\nflood control project has brought to his community. There are few\n\nproponents of the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project who have volunteered the\n\ntime, loyalty, attention, and leadership as fervently as Paul Hollis.\n\nMr. Hollis assumed the role of Delta Council president in a\n\nnontraditional fashion by way of the first-ever virtual meeting of\n\nDelta Council, due to the unprecedented challenges we faced during the\n\nCOVID-19 global pandemic. Despite the hardships the virus brought upon\n\nour State and Delta Council, Mr. Hollis led this organization admirably\n\nthrough the rest of 2020 to restore the traditional Delta Council Day\n\nat the 86th annual meeting, at which I am honored to serve as the\n\nkeynote speaker.\n\nOutside of his time spent working on his farm and serving Delta\n\nCouncil, Mr. Hollis contributes his leadership skills to many valuable\n\ncommunity organizations. He serves as commissioner for the Mississippi\n\nLevee Board and chairman of the Delta Council Flood Control Committee.\n\nHe is president of his local Rotary Club, president of the Sharkey\n\nCountry Club, serves on the board for Sharkey-Issaquena Academy, as\n\nwell as Sharkey County School Board, chairman of the Board for Central\n\nMississippi Walk to Emmaus, and a board member for the Lower Delta\n\nPartnership. He has also served as past chairman of Farm Service Agency\n\nfor Sharkey County and is chairman of Trustees for Rolling Fork United\n\nMethodist Church.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/tribute-paul-hollis"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4140081368386745, "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"}