{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=561", "Cotton Meets with Secretary of Transportation Nominee Elaine Chao", "2016-12-20", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 20, 2016\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353\nWashington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with Secretary of Transportation nominee, Elaine Chao: \"Elaine Chao will be an outstanding Secretary of Transportation.  Over the past two years, Anna and I have gotten to know Elaine as a friend, benefitting from her kindness, experience, and common sense.  She will bring these same qualities to bear for the American people.  Elaine knows that a country that can build the Pentagon in 16 months shouldn't spend years to build a short highway or bridge.  I'm grateful that Elaine once again answered the call to serve and I look forward to supporting her nomination.\"", 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.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=561"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.152189914137125, "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"}