{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-statement-on-meeting-with-kash-patel", "Grassley Statement on Meeting with Kash Patel", "2024-12-09", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding his meeting today with Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The meeting follows Grassley\u2019s letter this morning expressing his \u2018vote of no confidence\u2019 in current FBI Director Christopher Wray.\n\n\u201cTransparency ought to be the North Star of government. Over the past several years, that principle has been thrown out the window of the J. Edgar Hoover Building\u2019s seventh floor. Today I reminded Kash that transparency brings accountability, and it\u2019s badly needed at the FBI. As a former congressional investigator himself, Kash understands that cooperation with Congress is not optional and whistleblower protection is essential. Once formally nominated, I\u2019d look forward to holding a hearing on Kash\u2019s nomination in the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u201d\n\nDownload photo HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-statement-on-meeting-with-kash-patel"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8944249022752047, "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"}