{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=7B37B909-0536-4071-90E4-289DEBF79E8B", "McConnell: Important Work Ahead", "2016-11-17", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding remaining agenda items of the current Congress:\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a busy and exciting week as we\u2019ve welcomed new members, assembled our leadership teams for the 115th Congress, and gotten to work on important issues.\r\n\u201cToday we\u2019ll have the opportunity to take up a bill that\u2019s particularly important for Gulf Coast states like Louisiana.\r\n\u201cSenator Cassidy has been a leader on this issue, and I appreciate the work he\u2019s done to bring this measure up for a vote.\r\n\u201cSometime this session we will also take up an extension of the Iran Sanctions Extension Act which passed the House overwhelmingly.\r\n\u201cThis bipartisan bill, which provides the basis for any sanctions which may be re-imposed on Iran, is critical given the belligerent behavior exhibited by Tehran since the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. I expect we\u2019ll pass it on an overwhelming bipartisan basis here too.\r\n\u201cDiscussions are also ongoing about how to fund the government and for how long, as I noted yesterday. I\u2019ll have more to say on this issue as more details are available.\r\n\u201cSo we\u2019ve all got some work to do. Let\u2019s work together to finish up the business of this Congress as we begin looking forward to the next.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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?ContentRecord_id=7B37B909-0536-4071-90E4-289DEBF79E8B"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6861081346869469, "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"}