{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-welcomes-adams-to-congress", "Pittenger welcomes Adams to Congress", "2014-11-12", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\u00a0\n CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER CONGRATULATES CONGRESSWOMAN ALMA ADAMS ON SWEARING IN, WELCOMES HER TO CAPITOL HILL \n  WASHINGTON \u2013 Tonight, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) will be sworn-in to fill the remaining term of former Congressman Mel Watt, who resigned to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. This afternoon, Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) visited Congresswoman Adams\u2019 office to congratulate her and welcome her to Capitol Hill. \u201cServing as a Member of Congress is a tremendous honor and responsibility,\u201d commented Congressman Pittenger.\u00a0 \u201cWhile we may be on different sides of the aisle, I wanted to personally welcome Congresswoman Adams and offer my assistance as she settles in. \u201cAs the newest Member of the Charlotte-area Congressional delegation, I plan to ask Congresswoman Adams to support efforts to seek an FAA decision on management of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and invite her to join United Solutions, the bipartisan freshman caucus I co-founded and co-chair.\u201d The United Solutions caucus is focused on bipartisan efforts to restore fiscal discipline to Washington, pushing leadership to tackle tough issues including tax reform, Social Security and Medicare reform, and streamlining government.\n\u00a0\n###", 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://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-welcomes-adams-to-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9821821004152298, "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"}