{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D232ECC9-E87B-4CEE-8257-D333C24AA4AE", "Graham Receives Update on Hurricane Recovery in Edgefield", "2024-10-04", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) met with Edgefield Mayor Ken Durham, South Carolina State Representative Bill Hixon (District 83), South Carolina National Guard General Van McCarty, Edgefield County Sheriff Jody Rowland and other local officials in Edgefield yesterday.\n\nGraham heard about the South Carolina National Guard and South Carolina State Guard\u2019s work to immediately respond to Hurricane Helene all across South Carolina. Graham also received an update on the county\u2019s recovery progress.\n\nCLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS\n\nMAYOR DURHAM: \u201cThe storm hit. Within hours, the Guard was at our fire station and they actually had to cut themselves out of where they were to come aid us. Every street in town was blocked by one too many trees. Nothing was passable. And as of today [October 3], every street is passable two ways in Edgefield, thanks to the Guard.\u201d https://youtu.be/t2fLUnnx6ls?si=bpEOKqYCWe6t_AYO&t=128\n\nGENERAL MCCARTY: \u201cWe\u2019ve been in it from the beginning and we\u2019ll be in it til the end. This is what we are, this is who we are because these are our communities and these are our families.\u201d https://youtu.be/t2fLUnnx6ls?si=-D0t-be7rOiS74_Q&t=304\n\nGRAHAM: \u201c\u2026there\u2019s too many to name, but when it comes time to talking about MVPs, people you couldn\u2019t do without [during recovery] from this disaster of biblical portions, it has been the South Carolina National Guard and it has been the State Guard \u2026 General McCarty is the right man at the right time.\u201d https://youtu.be/t2fLUnnx6ls?si=P6bUJfoou-GBy4t2&t=4\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cTo all of you, your soldiers and your airmen who have been hit just as hard as everybody else. Everybody who was out cutting those trees up, they were hurt too. So I just want to thank you on behalf of all of us in South Carolina.\u201d https://youtu.be/t2fLUnnx6ls?si=unwgbBav_zscol0t&t=46\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cSheriff, I want to thank you and all your deputies\u2026 all the cops out there. They\u2019ve been hit hard. You\u2019re out there protecting our homes while your home has been devastated, so thank you.\u201d https://youtu.be/t2fLUnnx6ls?si=4t67PIufY_vdk4tO&t=313\n\nClick Here To Watch Video of Graham\u2019s Discussion with Edgefield Officials\n\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D232ECC9-E87B-4CEE-8257-D333C24AA4AE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.153942197561264, "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"}