{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=5D8EA719-A5C0-4415-AC25-49A2C143B41F", "McConnell Delivers Senate Floor Speech on Louisville UPS Plane Crash", "2025-11-05", "2025", "2025-11", "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. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding yesterday\u2019s UPS cargo plane crash in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky:\n\n\u201cI know that many of our colleagues will have seen the tragic news out of my hometown yesterday. And I\u2019m grateful that their thoughts and prayers this morning are with the people of Louisville. Folks around Jefferson County need those prayers right now, and in the days and weeks to come.\n\n\u201cThe death toll from last evening\u2019s UPS cargo crash has risen throughout the day. For the families of these victims, and for the injured survivors being treated at area hospitals, life will never be the same.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of grief welling up right now in Kentucky. This would be true even in the case of a single life lost. But as local first responders, state officials, and federal investigators continue their work today, I\u2019d like to help our colleagues understand what makes this tragedy such a gut punch in a place like Louisville.\n\n\u201cDuring the day, Louisville International hums with thousands of passengers from across the country. But around the clock, Louisville is also a hub for global shipping and logistics. Business supplies, consumer goods, Christmas gifts\u2026 if it\u2019s going somewhere in short order, there\u2019s a good chance it\u2019s passing through UPS Worldport in Louisville. None of this is possible without teams of devoted professionals.\n\n\u201cLouisville is home to logistics experts, warehouse workers, aircraft crew and maintainers. They take pride in their work, and their community takes pride in them. That\u2019s why this crash cuts so deep. It\u2019s about all of us. Today, Jefferson County schools and many local businesses are closed. Neighbors are mourning neighbors.\n\n\u201cSo today will be a tough day in the Commonwealth. But the people of Louisville are grateful for the swift, life-saving efforts of our first responders from local police, fire, and EMS. They can trust in the prayers of their fellow Americans. And I want them to know that their representatives here in Washington are making sure that every federal resource they need is on the ground or headed that way soon.\n\n\u201cI spoke with Mayor Craig Greenberg this morning, and my team and I will continue to stay in close contact with local, state, and federal officials, including at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), in the coming days. But first and foremost, I\u2019m keeping my fellow Kentuckians in my prayers, and I\u2019d ask our colleagues to do the same.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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=5D8EA719-A5C0-4415-AC25-49A2C143B41F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8251590188592672, "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"}