{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-senator-coons-on-trumps-choices-for-secretary-of-state-president-elect-trump-has-very-limited-foreign-policy-experience-so-its-my-hope-that-he-will-nominate-someone-with-real-experience", "[VIDEO] Senator Coons on Trump’s choices for Secretary of State: “President-elect Trump has very limited foreign policy experience, so it's my hope that he will nominate… someone with real experience”", "2016-12-01", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Christopher Coons", "C001088", "www.coons.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.01.16\n\t\t\t [VIDEO] Senator Coons on Trump\u2019s choices for Secretary of State: \u201cPresident-elect Trump has very limited foreign policy experience, so it's my hope that he will nominate\u2026 someone with real experience\u201d \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC to talk about President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s choices for Secretary of State and Russia\u2019s attacks on U.S. cybersecurity.\r\nExcerpts from the interview:\r\nSen. Coons on President-elect Trump\u2019s Secretary of State shortlist: \u201cPresident-elect Trump has very limited foreign policy experience, so it's my hope that he will nominate for Secretary of State someone with real experience, someone who's well-grounded, and someone who can work in a diplomatic way with our vital allies and with Congress\u201d\u00a0\r\nSen. Coons: \u201cOur role as a member of the loyal opposition\u2026 is going to be to make sure that President-elect Trump's nominees get what Judge Merrick Garland never got, which is a free and fair hearing\u201d\r\nSen. Coons on Russian attacks on U.S. cybersecurity: \u201cI think it\u2019s outrageous we haven\u2019t had hearings yet, full hearings, in a number of committees\u2026. Leaders of our intelligence community across a number of agencies notified Congress and made it clear to the public that they believe at the highest levels the Russian government was directly involved in hacking into elements of our political system\u201d\r\n\u00a0\r\nFull video and audio available here: http://bit.ly/2gL1U8l\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tSean Coit at 202-224-5042 or Sean_Coit@coons.senate.gov\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\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    \tNext Article\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.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-senator-coons-on-trumps-choices-for-secretary-of-state-president-elect-trump-has-very-limited-foreign-policy-experience-so-its-my-hope-that-he-will-nominate-someone-with-real-experience"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6863989401608706, "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"}