{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918204959/http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=6d71cbf6-3bbd-4355-a81b-c8cbbc9513d8", "Risch Celebrates National Lab Day, Launches Senate National Laboratory Caucus", "2014-09-16", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Jim Risch", "R000584", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Jim Risch today welcomed Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for National Lab Day on Capitol Hill. Risch also joined with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to formally launch the Senate National Laboratory Caucus, which aims to increase awareness of the reach of the national labs as leaders in developing new breakthrough technologies and discoveries to address some of our nation\u2019s most pressing challenges.\n\u201cFrom coast to coast, the Department of Energy\u2019s national laboratories contribute groundbreaking scientific research in a number of disciplines, including energy innovation, national security, and basic research,\u201d said Risch. \u00a0\u201cIn order to conduct this research, our national labs are equipped with unique assets \u2013 be it their location, one-of-a-kind instruments and, most importantly, the world\u2019s leading scientists. My home state is fortunate to have the Idaho National Laboratory located in Idaho Falls, the nation's lead nuclear laboratory and a world leader in securing the ever-growing cyber network.\u00a0 I am glad to have the opportunity to join with Senator Durbin in co-chairing the Senate National Laboratory Caucus and furthering support for our national labs in the United States Senate.\u201d\n\u201cThe National Labs continue to advance science, clean energy and nuclear security in this country, as they have for decades,\u201d said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. \u201cThe Labs also provide essential capabilities for university and industrial researchers \u2013 nearly 30,000 per year \u2013 and advance technology frontiers, such as high performance computing and advanced manufacturing.\u201d\nThe Idaho National Lab played a major role in National Lab Day, joining with directors and representatives from the other sixteen Department of Energy National Labs to showcase demonstration projects across five theme areas \u2013 energy innovation and environmental sustainability, manufacturing innovations, high performance computing, national security, and discovery science.\nVideo of Risch\u2019s opening remarks at National Lab Day can be found on YouTube or through a high resolution file of the video, which can be downloaded via FTP. Links are below.\nYouTube: National Lab Day Remarks\nFTP: National Lab Day Remarks\n###", 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://web.archive.org/web/20140918204959/http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=6d71cbf6-3bbd-4355-a81b-c8cbbc9513d8"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8092401549220085, "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"}