{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=AA934D40-8FA5-432B-8DB7-75C50DDB0BF9", "Representative DesJarlais Launches Senior Listening Tour", "2011-08-28", "2011", "2011-08", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Scott DesJarlais", "D000616", "desjarlais.house.gov", "desjarlais", "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center", "scraper", "Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) remains committed to maintaining an ongoing conversation with his constituents on important legislative issues being debated in Washington. To help in soliciting feedback from the individuals he represents, Rep. DesJarlais launched his \u201cTennessee Job Creators\u201d tour, \u201cListening to Tennessee\u201d tour and telephone town hall series. During these events, DesJarlais has been able to receive guidance and feedback from his constituents on how to best represent them in the United States House of Representatives.\n\nTo build upon the success of these efforts, Rep. DesJarlais is pleased to announce his \u201cSenior Listening Tour\u201d. This tour will give Tennessee\u2019s senior citizens and Representative DesJarlais an opportunity to discuss important issues that directly impact seniors, such as Medicare, Social Security and Veterans Affairs.\n\n\u201cThere are certainly big challenges facing seniors that need to be addressed. At the top of that list is Medicare, which is on the road to bankruptcy and must be reformed if we hope to save it for current and future generations. I hope that this tour will provide me with an opportunity to hear directly from seniors in my district with regards to how they feel entitlement reform should be approached in Congress and what solutions they have for putting Medicare back on a sustainable path. I remain committed to ensuring that our seniors are taken care of and I look forward to partnering with them in addressing these important issues,\u201d said Representative DesJarlais.\n\n\u201cWhile traveling throughout our district, I\u2019ve found that my constituents have an abundance of commonsense ideas that could help in solving many of our nation\u2019s fiscal and economic challenges. Whether it is a business owner identifying burdensome federal regulations that hurt his ability to create jobs, or a mother that is simply concerned about the amount of debt being passed onto her children, I rely on my constituents to tell me what issues are important to the Fourth District. Without a doubt, the first step to being a good representative is being a good listener.\u201d\n\nEvent Information:\n\nAugust 30th\n\nLawrence County Senior Center\n\n220 Centennial Avenue\n\nLawrenceburg, TN 38464\n\n11:00am-12:00pm CST\n\nAugust 31st\n\nWhitwell Senior Center\n\n900 S Main Street\n\nWhitwell, TN 37397\n\n9:00-10:00am CST", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:12:39Z"]], "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://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=AA934D40-8FA5-432B-8DB7-75C50DDB0BF9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.926267821341753, "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"}