{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-statement-on-recent-trump-administration-appointment-of-steve-bannon-and-nomination-of-jeff-sessions/", "Clyburn Statement On Recent Trump Administration Appointment Of Steve Bannon and Nomination of Jeff Sessions", "2016-11-18", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James E. Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", "clyburn", "https://clyburn.house.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC) released the following statement today:\n\n\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s recent staffing and nomination announcements are a sad but predictable continuation of his spiteful, divisive campaign,\u201d said Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn. \u201cSteve Bannon has taken pride in giving voice and an online home to radical white-supremacist groups. There should be no place in the White House for his brand of misogynistic, bigoted, anti-Semitic and xenophobic normalcy.\n\n\u201cSenator Sessions has faced serious allegations throughout his career and was rightly rejected for a federal judgeship because of them. His civil rights record is appalling and should disqualify him from Senate confirmation.\n\n\u201cTogether the Bannon appointment and nomination of Senator Sessions for Attorney General represent a frightening return to a dark and dangerous past for minority communities in Donald Trump\u2019s America. They threaten the civil rights progress we\u2019ve made and are significant roadblocks to healing the racial divisions laid bare by the recent election. I firmly oppose both and urge Donald Trump to rescind the appointment of Steve Bannon as Chief Strategist and the nomination of Senator Sessions for Attorney General.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:07:19Z"]], "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://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-statement-on-recent-trump-administration-appointment-of-steve-bannon-and-nomination-of-jeff-sessions/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6359668225049973, "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"}