{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gallego.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-gallego-on-reporting-of-abysmal-uss-lincoln-conditions-i-am-seeking-an-official-oversight-visit/", "Senator Gallego on Reporting of Abysmal USS Lincoln Conditions: \u2018I am Seeking an Official Oversight Visit\u2019", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "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), a Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq, released the following statement amid alarming reporting of the physical and mental conditions of U.S. sailors aboard the USS Lincoln.\n\n\u201cI am seeking an official oversight visit with a bipartisan Senate Delegation to the USS Lincoln to investigate the reported alarming conditions. Unlike Donald Trump, I\u2019ve seen active duty. I didn\u2019t avoid it, and the way he\u2019s treating our service members as he carries out this illegal war is not just disgusting; it\u2019s dangerous. These sailors not only deserve better, but they are owed a sense of when they will go home.\n\n\u201cThe pictures of the food being provided to exhausted crew members are outrageous. The stories of crew members threatening to jump off the ship are a frightening alarm bell as to how bad the situation has become. Our servicemen and women on the carrier have moldy showers with sporadic hot water, rationed meals and soap, and broken toilets. They are working grueling, 12- to 16-hour shifts with no days off, and with barely any stops at ports. Meanwhile, military officials have downplayed the reporters and given no concrete solutions, while our sailors continue to suffer. Congress must do its duty to provide oversight and hold the administration accountable for these actions.\u201d", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"]], "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/senator-gallego-on-reporting-of-abysmal-uss-lincoln-conditions-i-am-seeking-an-official-oversight-visit/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.852537039667368, "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"}