{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=A3C19F92-F5FA-4AE9-85FC-778F25711296", "Inflation Is Hammering States Where Both Democratic Senators Brought It On", "2022-09-20", "2022", "2022-09", "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 regarding inflation:\n\n\u201cWashington Democrats\u2019 runaway inflation has caused a nationwide crisis. It\u2019s put working families and small businesses in a bind from coast to coast.\n\n\u201cSince President Biden took office, inflation has shot up a staggering 13.2%.\n\n\u201cFor the average American household, this translates to hundreds and hundreds of extra dollars every month. Working overtime just to barely tread water.\n\n\u201cIn my home state of Kentucky, for example, the Democrats\u2019 inflation has forced proud, hardworking families to ask for help putting food on the table. In some cases for the first time in their lives.\n\n\u201cThe director of the Jessamine County Food Pantry in Nicholasville says, \u2018Our numbers here are going up like crazy\u2026 We have problems actually getting food now. We\u2019re actually not giving away as much as we were just a couple months ago because I can\u2019t find it, and I can\u2019t afford it sometimes when I can find it.\u2019\n\n\u201cAnd of courses these challenges aren\u2019t limited to our Commonwealth.\n\n\u201cIn Clifton, Colorado, the director of one local food bank reports that she had served 1,000 more families in the first half of this year than the first half of last year. \u2018They cannot short their rent bill, but they can short their grocery bill. And so they come here so I can fill the gap.\u2019\n\n\u201cIn coastal Georgia, the director of a network of food banks says distribution at her facilities had increased 38% from July to August. Meeting the increased demand has meant stomaching steep spikes in meat and dairy prices.\n\n\u201cIn Concord, New Hampshire, the director of the Friendly Kitchen says no one is ever turned away, but more and more people keep showing up for dinner. \u2018I\u2019m nervous it\u2019s going to get worse. I think it\u2019s going to get worse before it gets better.\u2019\n\n\u201cWashington Democrats\u2019 inflation is absolutely hammering states like Colorado, Georgia, and New Hampshire.\n\n\u201cAnd Senate Republicans tried to stop it. We warned against inflation. We tried to block their $2 trillion inflationary bill. We offered amendments. But all three of those states have two Senators who both voted in lockstep on party lines to ram through the trillions of dollars.\n\n\u201cOne hundred percent of the United States Senators from those states voted to bring this on.\n\n\u201cThis is what it happens when Washington Democrats put their own priorities ahead of the people\u2019s.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:29:59Z"]], "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=A3C19F92-F5FA-4AE9-85FC-778F25711296"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8296658527106047, "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"}