{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=AC33BE68-A507-4D26-BA13-D7DCAECC0F24", "Senate Votes to Advance Criminal Justice Legislation", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding last night's vote to advance criminal justice legislation in the Senate:\r\nYesterday, the Senate voted to advance the pending criminal justice legislation. As I noted, at the request of President Trump and after improvements were secured, we're considering the bill here on the floor this week.\r\nParticular credit for this belongs to Senator Cornyn, who has carefully and impressively balanced his role as Majority Whip with his own personal support for this legislation. His leadership has benefitted everyone who shares his position and would like to see this bill become law, and he deserves every bit of their gratitude.\r\n\r\nWith respect to the substance of the legislation, a number of members continue to have outstanding concerns that the bill currently leaves unaddressed. Members will have the opportunity to debate and vote on the pending, germane amendments before we vote on final passage.\r\n\r\n\r\n###", 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=AC33BE68-A507-4D26-BA13-D7DCAECC0F24"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6999538745731115, "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"}