{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=3c2a62b0-a9cd-4e30-9e44-2cad571acea3", "Alexander Says \u201cNo\u201d to Airplane Cell Phone Conversations", "2013-11-26", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Lamar Alexander", "A000360", "www.alexander.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Says airline cabin privacy \u201cmay not be enshrined in the Constitution, but surely it is in common sense\u201d\r\n***\r\n\u201cImagine 2 million passengers, hurtling through space, trapped in 17-inch-wide seats, yapping their innermost thoughts. The Transportation Security Administration would have to hire three times as many air marshals to deal with fistfights.\u201d \u2013 Lamar Alexander\r\nMARYVILLE, Nov. 26 \u2013 U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander\u00a0(R-Tenn.)\u00a0said today that he will introduce legislation,\u00a0if necessary, to stop the Federal Communications Commission from allowing cell phone conversations on airplanes.\r\n\u201cImagine two million passengers, hurtling through space, trapped in 17-inch-wide seats, yapping their innermost thoughts,\u201d the senator said.\u00a0\u201cThe Transportation Security Administration would have to hire three times as many air marshals to deal with the fistfights.\u201d \u00a0\r\nAlexander continued. \u201cStop and think about what we hear now in airport lobbies from those who wander around shouting personal details into a microphone: babbling about last night\u2019s love life,\u00a0bathroom plans, next week\u2019s schedule, orders to an\u00a0assistant, arguments with spouses. Imagine this noise while you travel, restrained by your seatbelt, unable to escape.\u201d\r\nThe senator said. \u201cThe FCC commissioners will earn the gratitude of the two million Americans who fly each day by deciding: text messages, yes;\u00a0conversations, no.\u201d \u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\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://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=3c2a62b0-a9cd-4e30-9e44-2cad571acea3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3919349294155836, "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"}