{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-bennie-g-thompson-announces-offer-appointment-united-states", "Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Announces Offer of Appointment to the United States Military Academy", "2018-05-21", "2018", "2018-05", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie G. Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", "benniethompson", "https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Press Release: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Announces Offer of Appointment to the United States Military Academy\n\nBOLTON, MS \u2013 Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces an offer of appointment to the United States Military Academy for the Second Congressional District.\n\nJaquan Byrd, has been nominated by United States Congressman Bennie G. Thompson and has received an offer of appointment to the United States Military Academy. In 2016, Jaquan was awarded a congressional nomination from Congressman Thompson and was accepted to the United States Military Academy Preparatory School. While attending Preparatory School, Jaquan was the Platoon Leader of Bravo Company 2nd Platoon. He was also a member of the Sandhurst Team, a team that competes in the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition. Jaquan has volunteered for the Wreaths Across America and Toys for Tots. Jaquan is the son of Nyree Byrd residing in Jackson, Mississippi.\n\nJaquan received a \"Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition\" in recognition of his offer of appointment to the United States Military Academy and for outstanding academic achievement.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:57:05Z"]], "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://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-bennie-g-thompson-announces-offer-appointment-united-states"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.206694170832634, "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"}