{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F19223A9-0E93-413B-87A5-ABF7DA48E363", "Thune Praises Roberts for Decades of Public Service", "2020-12-10", "2020", "2020-12", "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 honored U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) for his dedicated career of service to the American people, which includes serving our country as a U.S. Marine, 40 years of service in Congress, and his strong advocacy for American agriculture. Roberts was the first member of Congress to chair both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, and he was the first member of Congress to have written and passed a farm bill in both chambers. Thune expressed his gratitude for Roberts\u2019 commitment to working tirelessly for the American people and wished him well in his future endeavors.\n\nExcerpt of Thune\u2019s remarks below:\n\n\u201cMr. President, Pat has proudly represented the people of Kansas in Congress for 40 years \u2013 16 in the House of Representatives and 24 in the Senate.\n\n\u201cBut his public service began long before that, with his time as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.\n\n\u201cOnce a Marine, always a Marine, and Pat has proudly represented the Marines here in Congress.\n\n\u201cHe is currently the most senior Marine serving here on Capitol Hill.\n\n\u201cMr. President, the motto of the Marine Corps is \u201cSemper fidelis\u201d \u2013 \u201cAlways faithful.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd Pat has lived out that motto over his long career of service to our country.\n\n\u201cI hate to think of the Senate without Pat Roberts.\n\n\u201cHe will be sorely missed.\n\n\u201cBut he has more than earned his retirement, and the chance to spend more time with his wife Franki and his children and grandchildren.\n\n\u201cPat, thank you for your leadership and your friendship.\n\n\u201cAnd God bless you in your retirement.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:42:23Z"]], "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=F19223A9-0E93-413B-87A5-ABF7DA48E363"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6381249986588955, "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"}