{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=C0D70456-6A73-47A3-B553-E394198C03D4", "Hatch Statement on Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to Serve as Attorney General", "2016-11-18", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SALT LAKE CITY\u2014Senator Orrin Hatch, the senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement following the announcement that President Elect Donald Trump would nominate Senator Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to serve as Attorney General:\r\n\u201cThe Obama Justice Department veered away from its core mission and too often politicized enforcement of the law.\u00a0 Senator Sessions has broad law enforcement experience at both the state and the federal levels, and in both the executive and the legislative branches. I am confident he will help get the Justice Department back on track.\u00a0 Having served with Senator Sessions for many years on the Judiciary Committee, I look forward to supporting his nomination and working closely with him on important initiatives in the months ahead.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=C0D70456-6A73-47A3-B553-E394198C03D4"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.9508620500564575, "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"}