{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-thompson-s-statement-changing-mississippi-state-flag", "Congressman Thompsons Statement on Changing the Mississippi State Flag", "2020-07-01", "2020", "2020-07", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For Immediate Release   Contact: Ty James \nJune 30, 2020   202-225-4731\n\nCongressman Thompson's Statement on Changing the Mississippi State Flag\n\n\nWASHINGTON, MISSISSIPPI  Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), today released the following statement after Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed legislation that will remove the state flag adopted in 1894 and establish a commission to propose a new flag:\n\nAll Mississippians should be proud today. Communities all across the state helped to make this day a reality. For years, there have been conversations between various groups demanding and protesting for a new flag. I commend the state legislature on doing what is right. Now the question is what else will we do? We can not stop at changing the flag. This is only a symbolic change. I hope we see this moment as an opportunity to address the systemic problems in our state.", 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://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-thompson-s-statement-changing-mississippi-state-flag"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6293141525238752, "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"}