{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-statement-on-senator-frankens-resignation", "Cardin Statement on Senator Franken\u2019s Resignation", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Benjamin Cardin", "C000141", "www.cardin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 07, 2017\n\t\t\t Cardin Statement on Senator Franken\u2019s Resignation \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\nWASHINGTON \u2013\u00a0U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), released the following statement in response to Senator Al Franken\u2019s announcement that he would resign in the coming weeks.\r\n\u201cSenator Franken has done what Americans expect from their public servants \u2013 he put his constituents, the people he was elected to serve, first. I took the allegations against Senator Franken very seriously. As he said, \u2018all women deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously.\u2019 The women of this country deserve to be heard \u2013 not only those who garner spotlights and headlines, but all women. All women deserve respect. I hope that other men who have acted inappropriately against women, some in elected office and others hoping to be there some day, will take heed of Senator Franken\u2019s actions and also take responsibility for their own transgressions.\u201d\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-statement-on-senator-frankens-resignation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3362339232116938, "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"}