{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=9242221E-650C-4791-AD20-D67A657DB7C5", "Thune on the Passing of Vice President Dick Cheney", "2025-11-04", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "Clickhereto watch the video.\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:\n\nThune\u2019s remarks below (as delivered):\n\n\u201cMr. President, like many Americans, I was saddened to learn this morning of the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney.\n\n\u201cDick was a lifelong public servant who believed very deeply in our country, and brought his considerable knowledge and intelligence to its service.\n\n\u201cAs secretary of defense and later as vice president, he played a key role in shaping policy on many of the most consequential issues of his day.\n\n\u201cHe was also an avid outdoorsman and fly fisherman, who loved spending time in the mountains of his home state.\n\n\u201cI enjoyed having him in South Dakota and showing off some of what our state has to offer.\n\n\u201cMr. President, my thoughts and prayers today are with his wife Lynne, with his two beloved daughters, and with his seven grandchildren.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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=9242221E-650C-4791-AD20-D67A657DB7C5"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0910620912909508, "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"}