{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=EAA1A355-1F52-413C-A082-3D1F45AF7C31", "Senate Begins Wrap-Up of 114th Congress", "2016-11-28", "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 the Senate\u2019s remaining work in 2016:\r\n\u201cOver the next few weeks, Senators will work to conclude the business of the 114th Congress as we begin looking forward to the 115th.\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot to do, including approving several conference reports and funding the government.\u201cIt\u2019s good to see the respective committees making important progress on conference reports for the National Defense Authorization Act and the Water Resources Development Act.\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ll work with our counterparts in the House to consider each of those in the coming days and to send final bills to the president\u2019s desk for signature.\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ll also take up the 21st Century Cures bill, which contains resources to promote medical research \u2014 including advancing regenerative medicine \u2014 among many other important provisions.\u201cSometime soon, we also hope to take up the Iran Sanctions Extension Act, which provides underlying authorities necessary to re-impose sanctions, if called for, on the country which has continued to exhibit disturbing and aggressive behavior.\u201cAnd of course, we\u2019ll work to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government.\u201cI would also like to note that my friend from Alaska, Senator Murkowski, is continuing her efforts to advance the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which passed the Senate with large bipartisan support earlier this year. As the chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, she\u2019s been a champion of this critical bill and has never stopped working to move it forward.\r\n\u201cI appreciate her work in that capacity, as well as the many other members who have been leaders on each of the issues I just named. I would encourage colleagues on both sides to continue working together so that we can complete our work soon.\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=EAA1A355-1F52-413C-A082-3D1F45AF7C31"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9996320586651564, "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"}