{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=04529DC8-CD77-4AEA-AC6C-6565B1BF8E11", "Thune Remembers Jean Rounds", "2021-11-03", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today remembered Jean Rounds, the late former first lady of the state of South Dakota, on the Senate floor.\n\nThune\u2019s remarks below:\n\n\u201cMr. President, let me begin this morning by saying how sorry we were to the hear the news about the loss of former First Lady Jean Rounds of the state of South Dakota.\n\n\u201cMike and Jean have been friends of ours for many, many years.\n\n\u201cI was involved in Senator Rounds\u2019 first campaign for office when he ran for state Senate back in 1990 \u2013 have known Jean since I worked in the administration of late Governor George Mickelson, along with her at the Department of Transportation, and I just can\u2019t tell you what a loss it is for the state of South Dakota.\n\n\u201cShe was an individual who carried herself with incredible grace \u2013 always kind \u2013 had a humility about her that I think people just found infectious.\n\n\u201cShe was very down to earth \u2013 never lost that as a first lady \u2013 conducted herself in a way that represented a great model for the state of South Dakota. Both in her character, her conduct, the style, the way in which she served as first lady is something that I think made every South Dakotan proud.\n\n\u201cAnd so today, along with all South Dakotans, Kimberley and I mourn her loss, we lift up the Rounds family in our prayers and hope and pray that through this time they\u2019ll feel God\u2019s grace and comfort in new and profound ways.\n\n\u201cBut just a tremendous loss. And I know for my colleague, Mike Rounds, who has been a great partner of mine \u2013 we\u2019ve been involved in politics together now in South Dakota for over 30 years \u2013 that he, too, is going to need our support and our prayers in the days ahead.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=04529DC8-CD77-4AEA-AC6C-6565B1BF8E11"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2346680741757154, "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"}