{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleavers-statement-mass-shooting-kansas-city", "Congressman Cleaver\u2019s Statement on the Mass Shooting in Kansas City", "2024-02-14", "2024", "2024-02", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after a mass shooting during Kansas City\u2019s Super Bowl Parade.\n\n\u201cAs my office continues to get more information about the tragedy in Kansas City, I want to offer my condolences to the families of those killed today, and my gratitude to the law enforcement officers and first responders that rushed into the line of fire to prevent an even worse atrocity.\n\n\u201cNormally, I pray for the families of victims of mass shootings because there is nothing more tragic than having a loved one\u2019s life cut short due to gun violence. Tonight, I will certainly do the same for the members of my community, like so many other communities, that were impacted by the horrors of firearms.\n\n\u201cHowever, the last thing we need is prayer without purpose or thoughts without action, which have become far too commonplace in the halls of power.\n\n\u201cSo, to those who offer thoughts while taking money from the gun lobby: please keep them to yourself.\n\n\u201cTo those who offer prayers without action: we don\u2019t need them.\n\n\u201cKansas City is an incredibly strong community that will weather this storm together\u2014but for those who\u2019d like to help, I beg you to join me in taking action. Tonight, tomorrow, and the day after, for however long it takes, because we need Congress to ACT to end these senseless shootings. But that won\u2019t happen if Congress is controlled by the gun lobby.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:21:00Z"]], "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://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleavers-statement-mass-shooting-kansas-city"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9558689780533314, "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"}