{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/issues/jobs-and-economy/video-senator-blackburn-discusses-impact-of-inflation-with-tennessee-small-business-owner", "VIDEO: Senator Blackburn Discusses Impact of Inflation with Tennessee Small Business Owner", "2024-08-30", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video about the impact of inflation and rising prices on Tennesseans. Senator Blackburn spoke with a small business owner in East Tennessee about how rising costs have made it harder to afford materials, keep costs low for customers, and hire new employees. In the video, the small business owner shares that the same materials she bought for $18.84 per thousand in 2018 cost $32.91 per thousand in 2024, which is nearly a 75% cost increase.\n\nClick here to download this video.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Harris have continued to downplay the devastating impact of inflation, but hardworking Americans are feeling that impact each and every day whether it\u2019s at the gas pump or the grocery store. What Tennesseans want to see is action to get this inflation under control,\u201d said Senator Blackburn.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nA family in Tennessee is paying on average $1,017 more each month to purchase the same goods and services since President Biden took office.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "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.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/issues/jobs-and-economy/video-senator-blackburn-discusses-impact-of-inflation-with-tennessee-small-business-owner"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7458778563886881, "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"}