{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.bluntrochester.senate.gov/news/press-releases/statement-senator-blunt-rochester-opposes-trump-cdc-nominee/", "STATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Opposes Trump CDC Nominee", "2026-07-23", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "DE", "Lisa Blunt Rochester", "B001303", "www.bluntrochester.senate.gov", "bluntrochester", "https://www.bluntrochester.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released the following statement announcing her opposition to President Trump\u2019s most recent nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Erica Schwartz.\n\n\u201cWhile qualified on paper, Dr. Schwartz did not convince me that she would prioritize science and the health of Americans over the erratic whims of Secretary Kennedy and the Trump Administration.\n\n\u201cThis appointment could not come at a more important time. We are in the middle of the largest Measles spread in decades \u2013 including two cases in Delaware. Dangerous parasites are contaminating our food. Parents are unsure about what vaccines their children need, and flu shots are no longer mandatory for all our troops, reversing a policy that\u2019s been in place since WWII meant to secure our military readiness. We are over 500 days into the Trump administration, and we\u2019ve had a confirmed CDC director for a total of 29 days. We must get this right.", 1, "2026-07-24T07:30:11Z", "2026-07-24T07:31:13Z"]], "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.bluntrochester.senate.gov/news/press-releases/statement-senator-blunt-rochester-opposes-trump-cdc-nominee/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5762189868837595, "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"}