{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-earns-award-for-championing-iowa-pork-producers", "Ernst Earns Award for Championing Iowa Pork Producers", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Joni Ernst", "E000295", "www.ernst.senate.gov", "ernst", "https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, received the National Pork Producers Council\u2019s (NPPC) inaugural \u201cBringing Home the Bacon\u201d Congressional Award in recognition of her work supporting America\u2019s 60,000-plus pork producers.\n\nSenator Ernst receives the inaugural \u201cBringing Home the Bacon\u201d award from NPPC President and Iowa pork producer Rob Brenneman\n\nDownload more photos of Senator Ernst here.\n\n\u201cGrowing up feeding hogs and walking beans on my family farm in southwest Iowa, I learned early that agriculture is not just an industry in Iowa\u2014it is our way of life,\u201d said Ernst. \u201cIt has been the honor of a lifetime to fight for our pork producers, and I\u2019m grateful to be earning this award for my work. I will keep fighting to bring home the bacon by standing up to California\u2019s Proposition 12, protecting our herds from foreign animal disease, and opening new markets for Iowa farmers and producers.\u201d\n\n\u201cPork producers\u2014both in and outside Iowa\u2014benefit from Senator Ernst\u2019s pure grit and willingness to never back down from the good fight,\u201d said NPPC President Rob Brenneman, a pork producer from Washington County, Iowa. \u201cSenator Ernst always takes the time to hear our concerns and, most importantly, find solutions to help our industry thrive. We sincerely thank her for her years of service in the United States Senate.\u201d\n\n###", 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.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-earns-award-for-championing-iowa-pork-producers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4609838835895061, "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"}