{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carsons-statement-uyghur-genocide", "Congressman Carson\u2019s Statement on the Uyghur Genocide", "2023-03-28", "2023", "2023-03", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Andr\u00e9 Carson", "C001072", "carson.house.gov", "carson", "https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07) made the following statement regarding the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing discussing the ongoing Uyghur genocide:\n\n\u201cThis hearing comes at a pivotal time. Today marks the second day of the holy month of Ramadan, a time to reaffirm our commitment to peace and justice. Today\u2019s hearing demonstrates our Committee\u2019s recognition of the unique and irreplaceable Uyghur people, and their right to practice their faith, to celebrate their culture and language, and to pass it down to their children.\n\n\u201cIn the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where most Uyghurs live, their birth rates have sharply declined in the last six years, attributable to a systematic state campaign to suppress birth rates. The Chinese government has increased their mass surveillance of the Uyghur people. Forced labor is integral to the government\u2019s strategy, including \u2018reeducation camps,\u2019 where up to one million people are detained. These are all calculated, systemic attempts to eradicate Uyghur identity, culture, and religion.\n\n\u201cSome progress has been made. In 2021, Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which helped prevent goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region \u2013 almost certainly through forced labor of the Uyghur people \u2013 from entering U.S. But more work needs to be done. Unfortunately, the importation of some goods to the United States still has connections to Chinese repression against the Uyghur people, and that must end.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:30:02Z"]], "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://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carsons-statement-uyghur-genocide"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8844221010804176, "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"}