{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-meets-with-trump-cabinet-nominees", "Crapo Meets with Trump Cabinet Nominees", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) wrapped two weeks of meetings with the first tranche of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump deserves to have a Cabinet he selects to help deliver on his conservative agenda,\u201d said Crapo. \u201cI have had productive conversations with several nominees and appreciate their willingness to meet with me and share their visions for America\u2019s future. Each of these nominees will undergo the rigorous Senate confirmation process, and I look forward to further evaluating their qualifications so we can begin the important work before us.\u201d\n\nTo date, Senator Crapo has met with the following individuals:\n\nScott Bessent, nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury;\n\nRobert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;\n\nScott Turner, nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;\n\nElise Stefanik, nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations;\n\nRussell Vought, nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget;\n\nJamieson Greer, nominee for U.S. Trade Representative;\n\nHoward Lutnick, nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and\n\nPete Hegseth, nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense.\n\nAs the next Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over federal tax policy, social safety net and health care programs, and foreign trade agreements, Senator Crapo will oversee the confirmation process for each of the nominees within the Committee\u2019s jurisdiction. For more news and information about his meetings with those nominees, please visit the Committee\u2019s website here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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/crapo-meets-with-trump-cabinet-nominees"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8684159256517887, "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"}