{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-video-conferences-with-mt-ararat-high-school", "King Video Conferences with Mt. Ararat High School", "2013-11-07", "2013", "2013-11", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "King Video Conferences with Mt. Ararat High School\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 7, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Angus King yesterday held a video conference with students and teachers at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham. The video conference was part of Senator King\u2019s \u201cCapitol Class with Angus\u201d outreach series, a program through which he hopes to connect with as many Maine high schools as possible over the course of his term in Washington. During their 40-minute session, Senator King spoke briefly about issues he is currently working on and answered students\u2019 questions about what it\u2019s like working in the U.S. Senate.\r\n\u201cIt was great to connect with students and teachers at Mt. Ararat,\u201d\u00a0said Senator King.\u00a0\u201cThe quality of questions they asked as well and their level of engagement was very impressive. We discussed a variety of topics including Senate procedures, my committee work, the Affordable Care Act, and what it is like to be an Independent.\u201d\r\nSewall Janeway, a teacher of Government at Mt. Ararat said, \u201cWe were thrilled to have the opportunity to Skype with Senator King.\u00a0 Our students were extremely interested to learn about his experiences working in Washington.\u00a0 They listened to him talk about the relationship between the political parties, the bipartisan budget committee, his reflections on the political process,\u00a0 and what it is like to be an Independent in the Senate. We thank Senator King for taking the time to speak with us today.\u201d\r\nYou can watch Senator King\u2019s full video conference below.", 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.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-video-conferences-with-mt-ararat-high-school"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5591408591717482, "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"}