{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-to-visit-puerto-rico-thanks-womens-convention", "Sanders to Visit Puerto Rico, Thanks Women's Convention", "2017-10-19", "2017", "2017-10", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Sanders to Visit Puerto Rico, Thanks Women's Convention\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tThursday, October 19, 2017\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWASHINGTON, Oct. 19 \u2013\u00a0Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement\u00a0Thursday:\r\n\u201cI want to apologize to the organizers of the Women\u2019s Convention for not being able to attend your conference\u00a0next Friday\u00a0in Detroit. Given the emergency situation in Puerto Rico, I will be traveling there to visit with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yul\u00edn Cruz and other officials to determine the best way forward to deal with the devastation the island is experiencing. The U.S. Congress cannot turn its back on the millions of people in Puerto Rico who, four weeks after the hurricane, are still without electricity, food and running water.  \u00a0  \u201cCongratulations to the board of the Women's March \u2013 Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, Janaye Ingram, Breanne Butler \u2013 along with thousands of other women leaders for their historic work in putting together the march in January and all that you have done since. My best wishes for a very successful conference.\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.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-to-visit-puerto-rico-thanks-womens-convention"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8031181059777737, "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"}