{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-collins-king-announce-uss-forrest-sherman-to-visit-eastport-for-fourth-of-july-celebration", "Senators Collins, King Announce USS Forrest Sherman to Visit Eastport for Fourth of July Celebration", "2024-06-18", "2024", "2024-06", "Independent", "Senate", "ME", "Angus S. King, Jr.", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", "angusking", "https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/table", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a senior member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee (SASC), announced today that Eastport will receive a port visit during the city\u2019s 2024 Fourth of July celebration. The U.S. Navy has committed to sending the guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), which has a crew complement of approximately 280 sailors. The Eastport Fourth of July parade and festival is the largest in the state and draws thousands of Maine people every year.\n\n\u201cWe appreciate that the U.S. Navy will honor the State of Maine with this port visit during Eastport\u2019s popular Fourth of July Festival,\u201d said Senators Collins and King. \u201cThis visit will provide those who serve in the U.S. Navy and the citizens they protect an opportunity to come together to celebrate our independence. We thank the Navy for making this visit possible.\u201d\n\nIn an Armed Service hearing last month, Senator King urged U.S. Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti to bring the ship to Maine in an effort to focus recruitment efforts in areas lacking a military presence.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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/senators-collins-king-announce-uss-forrest-sherman-to-visit-eastport-for-fourth-of-july-celebration"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2138430029153824, "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"}