{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-week-in-review-122414", "The Week in Review", "2014-12-24", "2014", "2014-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Week in Review\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tFriday, December 26, 2014\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe Week in Review\r\nHome for the holidays in Vermont, Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down on Tuesday with WCAX-TV\u2019s Kyle Midura to discuss state and national issues ranging from an exciting new early childhood education program in Vermont to a lingering strike by 1,700 workers in northern New England against a major Internet and phone service provider for the region.\u00a0 On Monday, Sanders spoke with WBUR-FM in Boston about a host of national issues including how he will use his new assignment as the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee to fend off Republican attacks on Social Security and Medicare.\r\nWatch the WCAX-TV interview\r\nBig Ideas Sanders \u201chas some big ideas about how to rein in big banks, cut defense spending, strengthen Social Security and Medicare, and address income and wealth inequality in the United States,\u201d according to\u00a0WBUR-FM\u00a0in Boston. The senator\u00a0discussed those and other topics during a wide-ranging interview Monday.\u00a0\r\nListen to the WBUR-FM interview\r\nVeterans Home The Vermont Veterans\u2019 Home is in line for a nearly $1 million grant to help pay for a renovation project. The outgoing chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs, Sanders said the Department of Veterans Affairs has placed the Vermont Veterans\u2019 Home on a priority list for a federal matching grant.\r\nAn Unsung Heroine \u201cGretchen Baily is an unsung heroine,\u201d Sanders said of the Senate office\u2019s casework coordinator whose last day on the job was Monday.\u00a0 Bailey led a team that has helped tens of thousands of Vermonters cut through red tape.. Earlier this year, she won a prestigious award for exemplary public service.\u00a0 \u201cGretchen strongly believes that government should work for people,\u201d Sanders wrote a letter nominating her for the award. \u201cGretchen has dedicated her life to this mission.\u201d\r\nRead more about Gretchen Bailey\r\nNeed help?", 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/recent-business/the-week-in-review-122414"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6908799987286329, "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"}