{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/video?ID=056c2533-a1a9-448f-9f55-9ab37a35cf40", "Portman Introduces Former Mayor Jay Williams at Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Rob Portman", "P000449", "www.portman.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee. Williams has been nominated to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and head of the U.S. Economic Development Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.\r\nExcerpts of Portman\u2019s remarks are below and the entire video can be found here.\r\n\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that the most important job we have right now is to bring the jobs back. This Commerce Department position is critical to that.\u00a0 Too many workers in my state of Ohio and around this country have been out of a job for too long, some for months, some for years. Jay understands that. He\u2019s not only seen it first-hand during his days as mayor of Youngstown, he has spent much of his life trying to improve economic conditions for all Americans.\u00a0 If confirmed, I look forward to working with him and his colleagues to keep the economic development projects moving forward on the Main Streets in Ohio and around the country.\u201d\r\nWilliams\u2019 biography is available here.", 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.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/video?ID=056c2533-a1a9-448f-9f55-9ab37a35cf40"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7136079259216785, "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"}