{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-lifts-hold-on-air-force-colonel-sebren/", "Senator Banks Lifts Hold on Air Force Colonel Sebren", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C, \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) lifted a hold on the promotion of United States Air Force Colonel George H. Sebren after Col. Sebren committed to restoring merit-based promotions and abandoning the woke policies that were disastrous for our military under the Biden administration. Senator Banks placed a hold on his promotion in July due to Col. Sebren\u2019s previous support for military promotions based on race and gender.\n\nSenator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cAfter speaking with Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier and hearing directly from Colonel Sebren, I\u2019m confident he understands the urgency of restoring merit and excellence in our armed forces. I\u2019m grateful for his service and encouraged to see military leaders standing up against the divisive, woke politics that weakened the Pentagon under Joe Biden.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-lifts-hold-on-air-force-colonel-sebren/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2770728208124638, "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"}