{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=46C8BA11-EC38-43DD-B978-76F599265238", "McConnell Honors KFB President Mark Haney", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor honoring Mark Haney, who announced he will conclude his tenure next month as the President of the Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB):\n\n\u201cHardworking men and women in Kentucky have been in the business of growing the food that feeds our nation for centuries. When it comes to supporting these farmers, there's no organization that has had a greater impact on the agricultural community than the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.\n\n\u201cMark Haney, the Farm Bureau\u2019s longest-serving president and a proud farmer himself, has played an important role in preserving our Commonwealth\u2019s agricultural heritage and recruiting the next generation of young producers.\n\n\u201cThis year, the Farm Bureau bids Mark a warm farewell as he prepares to step down, closing out 15 successful years as president and over three decades on the Board.\n\n\u201cNearly 75,000 farms back home help keep dinner plates full across the country. And for the better part of this century, they\u2019ve trusted Mark to lead them through the good times and the bad: From adapting to ever-evolving red tape from Washington\u2026 to helping farm families recover and rebuild after devastating storms\u2026 to navigating a once-in-a-century pandemic.\n\n\u201cPersonally, I\u2019ve leaned on Mark for his counsel on the challenges that face rural America, and having worked with him for decades, I am confident this is not our final goodbye. Mark is sure to be an invaluable asset to Kentucky\u2019s agricultural community and the organization he loves well into the future.\n\n\u201cElaine and I extend our warm wishes to our good friend Mark and his wife, Marlene, on his well-deserved retirement.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:49:58Z"]], "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.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=46C8BA11-EC38-43DD-B978-76F599265238"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0571398306638002, "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"}