{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-vows-to-protect-health-care-for-all-americans-what-were-fighting-for-is-health-care-regardless-of-who-you-voted-for/", "Welch Vows to Protect Health Care for All Americans: \u201cWhat we\u2019re fighting for is health care, regardless of who you voted for.\u201d", "2025-10-16", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "VT", "Peter Welch", "W000800", "www.welch.senate.gov", "welch", "https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Day 16 of the Republicans\u2019 government shutdown to discuss how spikes in health care premiums will hurt working families across the country. Senator Welch vowed to protect affordable, accessible health care for every American, regardless of their zip code.\n\n\u201cBy the way, what\u2019s so astonishing about this? Trump has been picking on blue states\u2014wanting to inflict pain on blue states\u2014this affects folks who voted for him. I mean, these premiums don\u2019t go to Republicans and Democrats\u2014they go to families, they go to teachers. And everyone is going to get hammered on this,\u201d said Senator Welch. \u201cWhat we\u2019re fighting for is health care, regardless of who you voted for.\u201d\n\nWatch Senator Sanders\u2019 livestream below:\n\nSenator Welch\u2019s office will remain open throughout the shutdown to help Vermonters. Resources can be found on the Senator\u2019s website or by calling 802-863-2525.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.welch.senate.gov/welch-vows-to-protect-health-care-for-all-americans-what-were-fighting-for-is-health-care-regardless-of-who-you-voted-for/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5418499242514372, "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"}