{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=B6A9E50A-7E0B-4BDD-AF67-3D8F66F0E1CE", "Wicker Presents Congressional Award Medals to Mississippi Students", "2017-12-06", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Roger Wicker", "W000437", "www.wicker.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today presented Congressional Award medals to seven students. The Congressional Award is Congress\u2019s highest honor for youth.\r\nTo achieve a bronze, silver, or gold Congressional Award medal, each student sets goals for personal achievement in four areas: voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition or exploration. Students are expected to work with parents, teachers, and other adult mentors to achieve their personal goals.\r\nStudents must complete at least 200, 400, or 800 hours of work for the bronze, silver, and gold levels of achievement, respectively.\r\nThe students are scheduled to travel to New York City, where they will present a play intended to help students combat bullying at several elementary schools.\r\nHeadquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the Congressional Awards were established by Congress in 1979 and are administered by a public-private partnership that raises its operating budget entirely from private-sector donations.\r\nAward recipients at today\u2019s ceremony included:\r\n \r\nShelby Lindsey, Bronze Medalist, Shannon, Miss.\r\nLane Mitchel, Gold Medalist, New Albany, Miss.\r\nJackson Crist, Silver Medalist, New Albany, Miss.\r\nTaylor Noelle Fields, Silver Medalist, Aberdeen, Miss.\r\nT\u2019ajahlon White, Silver Medalist, Shannon, Miss.\r\nTashunti Trice, Silver Medalist, Shannon, Miss.\r\nCallie Shae Philips, Silver Medalist, Tupelo, Miss.\r\n \r\nView more photos and video from today\u2019s award presentation below.", 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=B6A9E50A-7E0B-4BDD-AF67-3D8F66F0E1CE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9819141123443842, "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"}