{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-statement-on-franken-resignation-", "Whitehouse Statement on Franken Resignation", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.07.17\n\t\t\t Whitehouse Statement on Franken Resignation  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC \u2013 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement on Senator Al Franken\u2019s (D-MN) decision to resign from the Senate:\r\n\u201cSenator Franken made the right choice to step down.\u00a0 I applaud him and thank him.\u00a0 He is right that we are having an important conversation right now about the equal treatment of women in every part of our society.\u00a0 We have a long way to go in combatting these problems, but holding everyone to a high standard\u2014including public servants\u2014is an important step down that road.\r\n\u201cNow, Republicans must join Democrats in holding their own accountable.\u00a0 The American people should take notice of national Republicans\u2019 support for a morally degraded Senate candidate in Alabama and a President in the Oval Office facing equally credible charges.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe shift in attitude toward sexual harassment and abuse underway in other areas of society must extend to our politics.\u00a0 It is time for change.\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-statement-on-franken-resignation-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1605449728667736, "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"}