{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4717D40F-F864-4219-B373-2E5F6C2EB7F7", "Cochran, Wicker, Palazzo Welcome SECNAV Decision on USS Jack Lucas", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Roger Wicker", "W000437", "www.wicker.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today welcomed a decision by Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer to name Ruby Lucas, widow of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Jack Lucas, as a co-sponsor of DDG 125, the USS Jack Lucas.\u00a0\r\nSecretary Spencer agreed to name Ruby Lucas as co-sponsor following a formal request from Wicker, Cochran, and Palazzo.\u00a0\r\n\u201cWe believe Ms. Lucas fully deserves the honor of being named a co-sponsor for a ship dedicated to the memory of her late husband,\u201d the Mississippi lawmakers wrote Spencer.\r\nJack Lucas, who passed away in June 2008, was the youngest Marine and youngest WWII service member to win the Medal of Honor.\u00a0 He was honored for his heroic actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u00a0 Jack Lucas was a longtime resident of Hattiesburg, where Ms. Lucas still resides.\r\nHuntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula will build the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.\u00a0 Ms. Lucas will share co-sponsor responsibilities with Catherine B. Reynolds, who was named the ship\u2019s sponsor by former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus last year.\u00a0 The Ship Ceremonies team from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) informed the USS Jack Lucas Commissioning Committee of the change.", 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://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4717D40F-F864-4219-B373-2E5F6C2EB7F7"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6212188638746738, "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"}