{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://budzinski.house.gov/posts/springfield-congresswoman-budzinski-and-state-senator-turner-demand-improvements-to-postal-performance", "SPRINGFIELD: Congresswoman\u00a0Budzinski\u00a0and State Senator Turner Demand Improvements to Postal Performance", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Nikki Budzinski", "B001315", "budzinski.house.gov", "budzinski", "https://budzinski.house.gov/press", "scraper", "SPRINGFIELD, IL \u2013 Yesterday, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and State Senator Doris Turner held a press conference to address ongoing mail delivery and service issues in the Springfield area and call for improvements to ensure residents receive timely, reliable postal service.\n\nEarlier in the day, Budzinski toured the local Springfield USPS Processing and Distribution facility, where she heard directly from postal leadership about current operations and ongoing efforts to improve service in the Springfield area.\n\nThis week, Senator Turner participated in a meeting with USPS Government Affairs leadership to discuss the current state of mail delivery in Springfield.\n\n\u201cEvery community across the country \u2013 from sprawling urban areas to rural farm towns \u2013 deserves reliable and efficient postal service,\u201d Budzinski said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve made it a priority in Congress to find solutions to strengthen delivery, protect our postal employees and ensure communities get the service they deserve. Today\u2019s meeting with Springfield USPS leadership was a productive conversation about the current state of service and the steps being taken to improve delivery. I\u2019ll continue holding the Postal Service accountable, standing up for its workers and demanding reliable service across our communities.\u201d\n\nIn 2025, Budzinski co-founded the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress committed to strengthening the United States Postal Service (USPS), improving service for communities across the country and supporting the more than 600,000 USPS employees nationwide.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"]], "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://budzinski.house.gov/posts/springfield-congresswoman-budzinski-and-state-senator-turner-demand-improvements-to-postal-performance"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5057779382914305, "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"}