{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-meets-with-united-counties-council-of-illinois", "Durbin Meets With United Counties Council Of Illinois", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Richard J. Durbin", "D000563", "www.durbin.senate.gov", "durbin", "https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday met with the United Counties Council of Illinois (UCCI)\u2014a delegation of roughly 40 county-elected officials\u2014to discuss the importance of expanding access to SNAP benefits, measures to ensure Social Security solvency, and the implications of data centers throughout Illinois. During the meeting, Durbin and UCCI members spoke about the importance of a robust surface transportation reauthorization to ensure that Illinois transportation projects funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can continue.\n\n\u201cOur government is at its best when our local, state, and federal officials are working together. I hosted county officials from across Illinois for a conversation about how our federal government can support counties in achieving our shared goals,\u201d Durbin said.\n\nPhotos of the meeting is available here.\n\nCounties with representatives at the meeting include:\n\nBond County\n\nBoone County\n\nBureau County\n\nCalhoun County\n\nChampaign County\n\nHenry County\n\nIroquois County\n\nJackson County\n\nJasper County\n\nJefferson County\n\nKane County\n\nKankakee County\n\nKendall County\n\nLee County\n\nLivingston County\n\nLogan County\n\nMadison County\n\nOgle County\n\nPeoria County\n\nSaline County\n\nStephenson County\n\nWill County\n\nWilliamson County\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "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.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-meets-with-united-counties-council-of-illinois"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8849719781428576, "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"}