{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/tribute-warrant-officer-hershel-woody-williams", "TRIBUTE TO WARRANT OFFICER HERSHEL \u201cWOODY\u201d WILLIAMS", "2021-10-07", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Cindy Hyde-Smith", "H001079", "www.hydesmith.senate.gov", "hydesmith", "https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/newsroom", "scraper", "Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 177\n\n(Senate - October 7, 2021) PDF\n\nMrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I also want to wish Woody a happy\n\nbirthday as well.\n\nI just join my colleagues today to commemorate and honor some of the\n\nNation's most admirable warfighters in the Second World War, and I so\n\nappreciate my colleagues bringing their personal stories to the floor\n\ntoday. This is something that all Americans should cherish--the stories\n\nof these heroes. We have very few of these brave heroes still among us\n\ntoday, and it is so important that they receive every ounce of\n\nrecognition that we can give them for their selflessness and\n\nextraordinary heroism.\n\nI am pleased to be a cosponsor of Senator Manchin's legislation to\n\nprovide a merited celebration and commemoration of the last living\n\nWorld War II Medal of Honor recipient, Woody Williams, who recently\n\ncelebrated his 98th birthday.\n\nMedal of Honor recipients like Mr. Williams demonstrated a courageous\n\nand noble commitment to our Nation, and their exemplary actions deserve\n\nall the praise that we can give them.\n\nI am proud to represent a State that has several World War II Medal\n\nof Honor recipients of its own, in Mississippi: Van Thomas Barfoot of\n\nEdinburg, Robert T. Henry of Greenville, James Daniel Slaton of\n\nGulfport, Louis Hugh Wilson of Brandon, and Jack Harold Lucas of\n\nHattiesburg, whom I still remain friends with his family today.\n\nFrom Germany to Japan, these men served our Nation without hesitation\n\nin the height of the Second World War, defending our Nation, our\n\nallies, and the very principles of freedom. It fills my heart with\n\ngreat pride to call these late veterans my fellow Mississippians. The\n\ntributes we offer today for Mr. Williams in truth stand for our deep\n\nappreciation for all of those who fought in World War II.\n\nI thank my colleagues for their great work on this important\n\nrecognition and the opportunity to be a part of this.\n\nThank you, Mr. President.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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-warrant-officer-hershel-woody-williams"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7787710055708885, "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"}