{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-wins-prestigious-constituent-service-award-for-hurricane-helene-response/", "Warnock Wins Prestigious Constituent Service Award for Hurricane Helene Response", "2025-08-22", "2025", "2025-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "The bipartisan Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) announced Senator Reverend Warnock won the 2025 Democracy Award for Best Constituent Correspondence & Outreach Services\n\nThis honor was awarded to Senator Warnock to recognize his office\u2019s constituent communication on safety and resources during and after Hurricane Helene, which made land fall in Georgia in September of last year\n\nSenator Reverend Warnock: \u201cI instructed my staff to use every tool at our disposal to communicate critical safety and support information to every impacted Georgian. This award recognizes my staff\u2019s heroic service to Georgians across our state. In times of great hardship, Georgians can always count on me and my office to provide resources and support\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) has awarded him the 2025 Democracy Award for the best Constituent Correspondence & Outreach Services. The award follows the Senator and his office\u2019s outreach efforts to communicate safety and support resources following Hurricane Helene\u2019s Georgia landfall in September of 2024.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud to accept the CMF 2025 Democracy Award. Last fall, I instructed my staff to use every tool at our disposal to communicate critical safety and support information to everyaffected Georgian. This award recognizes my staff\u2019s heroic service to Georgians across our state. In times of great hardship, Georgians can always count on me and my office to provide resources and support. I would especially like to thank my State Director, Bee Nguyen, for her steadfast and tireless leadership of my staff in Georgia.\u201d\n\nBelow are just a few of the Senator\u2019s efforts providing constituent correspondence and outreach services around the time of Hurricane Helene:\n\nAlerted Georgians of the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance.\n\nHosted community resource clinics across the state, helping connect 200 Georgians in rural communities to in-person federal resources and representatives.\n\nParticipated in a community roundtable following Hurricane Helene\u2019s landfall in Georgia.\n\nCreated a website as a one-stop shop of resources to help Georgians recover.\n\nVisited farmers in Ray City with President Biden to survey damage and hear from residents.\n\nThe CMF is a bipartisan non-profit foundation that has provided hands-on support and essential resources to Members and their staff to help govern effectively and better serve their constituents for nearly 50 years. Focusing on real-world solutions that drive congressional modernization, advance public service skills, and foster a culture of collaboration on Capitol Hill. In addition to Senator Warnock, the bipartisan CMF also recognized Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX-11) for his correspondence & outreach services.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:47Z"]], "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.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-wins-prestigious-constituent-service-award-for-hurricane-helene-response/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.920324819162488, "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"}