{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-sen-coons-on-covid-relief-im-committedto-not-leave-until-we-get-this-deal-done", "[VIDEO] Sen. Coons on COVID relief: Im committedto not leave until we get this deal done", "2020-12-20", "2020", "2020-12", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Christopher Coons", "C001088", "www.coons.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTONToday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.)joinedMSNBC to discuss negotiations on a COVID-19 relief package as Congress nears an agreement. On a pandemic relief deal: We should have had this done months and months ago. Right now the very final text is being resolved and then that will go to congressional offices. It is always the case here that any one senator who has some concern can slow us down. I'm committed  many of us are committed  to not leave until we get this deal done. That could stretch out a few more days, but every signal is that we have finally addressed every last issue and we should finally be delivering this relief. I continue to hear day and night from Delawareans anxious to know whether there's going to be relief for those facing eviction, relief for those relying on the food bank, relief for those who are unemployed, support and help for small businesses. This bill will do that, but it's not everything we need to do. We will need to come back and do another relief bill early next year. On Trump's absence from COVID relief negotiations:I keep asking myself everyday: What is President Trump doing today? Is he helping by being a good role model  getting vaccinated and wearing a mask? No. Is he helping respond to this broadscale attack by Russia on all of our major government and military online databases and resources? No. In fact he's suggesting it was China, not Russia. Is he helping with delivering this pandemic relief package? No. He's frankly tweeting conspiracy theories that are baseless about an election he lost six weeks ago. I've always thought that President Trump was mostly a pretend president. Now he's not even pretending. Full audio and video availablehere. ###", 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/news/press-releases/video-sen-coons-on-covid-relief-im-committedto-not-leave-until-we-get-this-deal-done"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.36762161552906, "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"}