{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.alsobrooks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-alsobrooks-celebrates-office-opening-visits-health-center-meets-with-seniors-and-more-in-western-maryland/", "SENATOR ALSOBROOKS CELEBRATES OFFICE OPENING, VISITS HEALTH CENTER, MEETS WITH SENIORS, AND MORE IN WESTERN MARYLAND", "2026-08-20", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "MD", "Angela D. Alsobrooks", "A000382", "www.alsobrooks.senate.gov", "alsobrooks", "https://www.alsobrooks.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "August 20, 2026\n\nWESTERN MARYLAND \u2013 On Wednesday, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) was in Western Maryland to celebrate her new office opening in Frederick, meet with local leaders, visit Mountain Laurel Medical Center, meet with seniors, and host a housing discussion.\n\nAt the office opening celebration, Senator Alsobrooks was joined by State Senator Karen Lewis Young, Delegate Ken Kerr, Delegate Karen Simpson, Delegate Kris Fair, County Executive Jessica Fitzwater, County Council Vice President Kavont\u00e9 Duckett, County Councilman Jerry Donald, County Councilwoman M.C. Keegan-Ayer, City of Frederick Mayor Michael O\u2019Connor, City Councilman Peter Brehm, City Councilman Derek Shackelford, City Councilwoman Sarah Hempel Irani, Former City Councilwoman Kelly Russell, Former County Executive Jan Gardner, Myersville Councilman Wayne Creadick, Jr., and dozens of constituents from Western Maryland.\n\nSenator Alsobrooks then stopped for lunch in Hagerstown with Hagerstown Mayor Bill McIntire, Councilwoman Caroline Anderson, City Administrator Scott Nicewarner, and Councilwoman Erika Bell.\n\nNext, Senator Alsobrooks traveled to Grantsville to visit the Federally Qualified Health Center, Mountain Laurel Medical Center. Senator Alsobrooks met with medical staff and learned about the center\u2019s offerings, made possible in part by federal funding through the Appalachian Regional Commission.\n\nAt Mountain Laurel Medical Center, Senator Alsobrooks was joined by Grantsville Mayor Emily Newman-Edwards, Mountain Laurel Medical Center CEO Michelle Dixon and the Mountain Laurel Medical Center staff.\n\nThen, the Senator spent the evening in Mountain Lake Park. First, she met with Garrett County Community Action Committee leadership, including Executive Director Chris Mullett, to discuss workforce housing and housing needs in the region. Afterwards, she met with seniors for a conversation about rising costs.\n\n\u201cWhat I\u2019ve seen and heard as I\u2019ve gone around the state \u2013 and heard today in Western and Mountain Maryland \u2013 is that residents everywhere want the same things. We all want affordable health care, the ability to buy a home, groceries we can actually afford, gas that isn\u2019t skyrocketing out of control every single day, and the opportunity to actually create generational wealth. And while we\u2019re currently dealing with an administration that doesn\u2019t care about solving these issues, my focus since day one has been to deliver access to affordable health care, to fight this affordability crisis clouding the nation, and to create opportunities for all Marylanders to thrive,\u201d said Senator Alsobrooks.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-21T05:30:57Z", "2026-08-21T05:32:22Z"]], "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.alsobrooks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-alsobrooks-celebrates-office-opening-visits-health-center-meets-with-seniors-and-more-in-western-maryland/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6024010255932808, "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"}