{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://barletta.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/barletta-meets-with-president-elect-trump", "Barletta Meets with President-Elect Trump", "2016-11-29", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lou Barletta", "B001269", "barletta.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "NEW YORK CITY \u2013 Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) today met with President-Elect Donald J. Trump at Trump Tower to discuss the presidential transition.\u00a0 Barletta is a member of the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee.\nFollowing the meeting, Barletta met with reporters.\u00a0 The following are excerpts of his conversation with the press:\nBarletta: It was great.\u00a0 We had a good conversation.\u00a0 We talked about many issues concerning the country and talked about the President-Elect\u2019s ideas moving forward.\nReporter: Are you considering roles in the administration?\nBarletta: We talked about Secretary of Labor and it\u2019s something I\u2019m going to consider.\n***\nReporter: What was your pitch to him?\nBarletta: We talked.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked with the President-Elect throughout the campaign.\u00a0 He knows my background and, as a member of the Executive Transition Team, we talked about the importance of his ideas and moving them forward in Congress and making sure that the transition goes well, as a member of that team.\u00a0 We talked about that, as I said, and some other things.\nReporter: What were the top policy initiatives the President-Elect talked to you about?\nBarletta: His infrastructure plan is obviously very important to him.\u00a0 And again, making sure there\u2019s a smooth transition and the role that I could play either in Congress or as a part of his cabinet.", 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": ["http://barletta.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/barletta-meets-with-president-elect-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4712209813296795, "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"}