{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/7/sen-rick-scott-in-fox-news-americans-work-five-days-a-week-why-can-t-the-senate", "Sen. Rick Scott in Fox News: \u2018Americans Work Five Days a Week, Why Can\u2019t the Senate?\u2019", "2026-07-13", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Rick Scott published an op-ed in Fox News urging his Senate colleagues to work and vote every day on codifying President Trump\u2019s agenda and delivering on the promises made to the American people.\n\nToday, the Senate returns from a two-week recess for a four-week work period in Washington, D.C. ahead of a scheduled five-week recess in August.\n\nSenator Rick Scott wrote, \u201cDid you know the U.S. Senate has only been in session 79 days (about 40% of the time) so far this year? And so far, we haven\u2019t passed anything to secure our elections, reduce inflation, cut spending or prevent another Democrat shutdown.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cRight now, we take fewer than 10 votes a week. We arrive late Monday to vote and leave as soon as possible on Thursday afternoon. The Senate is rarely in session on Fridays and almost never works over the weekend \u2014 even when pressing deadlines approach on issues critical to the safety, security and stability of the American people.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cTime is short. Getting all of this done before November would mean staying in Washington until we figure out how to deliver it. It would mean sitting down and working together to find solutions, instead of throwing up our hands and going home. We can\u2019t take \u2018no\u2019 for an answer, and we can\u2019t stop just because it\u2019s hard.\u201d\n\nRead the full op-ed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-14T07:08:55Z", "2026-07-14T07:10:52Z"]], "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.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/7/sen-rick-scott-in-fox-news-americans-work-five-days-a-week-why-can-t-the-senate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6309519521892071, "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"}