{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/09/18/2026/crapo-announces-finance-committee-staff-updates", "Crapo Announces Finance Committee Staff Updates", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced the following staff updates:\n\nKennedy Cummins, Professional Staff Member\n\nKennedy joins the Committee from Chairman Crapo\u2019s personal office, where she worked on international trade issues as a legislative correspondent. She previously interned at JRC Land and Legal Services in Twin Falls, Idaho. She holds a B.S. in Political Science from Boise State University.\n\nAshlyn Herring, Professional Staff Member\n\nAshlyn joins the Committee from Todd Strategy Group, where she worked as senior associate for health policy and government affairs. She previously interned for the Port of Virginia and for Jen Kiggans for Congress. She earned her B.A. in Public Policy and Leadership and Government from the University of Virginia.\n\nPat Lichtenstein, Tax Counsel\n\nPat joins the Committee from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee under Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri), where he served as senior oversight counsel. He previously worked as an assistant director at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as counsel for the U.S. House Budget Committee under then-Ranking Member Jason Smith and as counsel for the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. He received a J.D. and a M.B.A. from American University and his B.A. from Bard College.\n\nClick HERE for a full list of Crapo Finance Committee staff.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"]], "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.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/09/18/2026/crapo-announces-finance-committee-staff-updates"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.83135736733675, "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"}