{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gallego.senate.gov/news/press-releases/gallego-joins-food-banks-across-arizona-ahead-of-thanksgiving/", "Gallego Joins Food Banks Across Arizona Ahead of Thanksgiving", "2025-11-25", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "AZ", "Ruben Gallego", "G000574", "www.gallego.senate.gov", "gallego", "https://www.gallego.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "ARIZONA \u2013 Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) visited food banks across Arizona this week to meet with staff and volunteers, learn more about their operations, and thank them for their service to working families ahead of the holiday season.\n\nOn Monday, Senator Gallego visited the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry in Eloy and the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Casa Grande. Today, he visited the Nourish Food Distribution Center in Phoenix.\n\nSenator Gallego assists volunteers at Santa Cruz Food Bank in Eloy, AZ\n\n\u201cOne of the things I\u2019ve always asked is: Is demand up? What\u2019s happening? Are you getting enough food? Are you getting enough support? And unfortunately, we\u2019re hearing yes, that demand is up. They\u2019re able to meet demand thanks to a lot of great support \u2014 corporate, nonprofit support, and volunteers. But it\u2019s scary that there\u2019s a lot of people who need these type of food boxes,\u201d said Senator Gallego in Phoenix.\n\nSenator Gallego assists volunteers at Nourish Food Pantry in Phoenix, AZ\n\n\u201cOne message I have for families who are struggling right now [is] \u2018I\u2019m sorry you\u2019re struggling.\u2019 I\u2019ve been in your situation, and you will get through this, but don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help if you need it. There\u2019s great organizations like Nourish,\u201d said Senator Gallego in Phoenix. \u201cPlease go talk to them and see what else [they] can do. You deserve to be comfortable, and your family deserves to have a good Thanksgiving meal too, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here.\u201d\n\nSenator Gallego thanks staff and volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Casa Grande, AZ\n\n11/25/25", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.gallego.senate.gov/news/press-releases/gallego-joins-food-banks-across-arizona-ahead-of-thanksgiving/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8867920842021704, "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"}