{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=F51B3FB7-E49F-4E69-8990-ECE979F479BF", "Senator McConnell Marks One Year Since Devastating Tornado Outbreak in Kentucky", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "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 the one-year anniversary of the Kentucky tornadoes:\n\n\u201cKentucky is approaching the one-year anniversary of one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the Commonwealth\u2019s history.\n\n\u201cOne year since 80 lives were lost and a deep scar was cut through western Kentucky. We still remember the lost and pray for their loved ones.\n\n\u201cA few days after the storm, I visited some of the hardest-hit towns.\n\n\u201cI saw how the pictures of the damage in the newspaper and on TV didn\u2019t even begin to capture the total devastation in places like Mayfield, Campbellsville, Bowling Green, and Dawson Springs.\n\n\u201cHomes ripped off their foundations. Trees scattered like twigs. Whole neighborhoods, gone in an instant.\n\n\u201cThe pain is still fresh. But, as I\u2019ve seen in multiple return visits, slowly but surely, Western Kentucky is coming back.\n\n\u201cThis weekend, Kentuckians are carving out time to honor those whose lives were lost and continue helping those whose lives were disrupted.\n\n\u201cDawson Springs just erected a beautiful, solemn memorial to the 19 residents that city lost. In Bowling Green, an organization is delivering handmade Christmas ornaments to storm victims. In Mayfield, even as members of the high school football team fought to rebuild their families\u2019 lives off the field, the community cheered the team to an undefeated regular season.\n\n\u201cEven in tough times \u2014 especially in tough times \u2014 Kentuckians stick together.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m thankful to all the volunteers and charities helping Western Kentucky remember this tragic anniversary. And for all the men and women who spent days and weeks working tirelessly to remove debris and rebuild.\n\n\u201cThings are looking hopeful in the region this Christmas season. Homes and businesses are coming back. Families will gather together again under one roof.\n\n\u201cThe road to recovery remains long, but Kentuckians will stand shoulder-to-shoulder until the rebuilding is done. And I\u2019ll keep standing right beside them.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:06Z"]], "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=F51B3FB7-E49F-4E69-8990-ECE979F479BF"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.829590018838644, "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"}