{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-mourns-loss-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee", "Congressman Cohen Mourns the Loss of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee", "2024-07-20", "2024", "2024-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) mourns the loss of his long-serving colleague Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who passed away on the evening of July 19th, 2024.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am saddened to learn of the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. We worked together for 18 years in the House Judiciary Committee, fighting for civil rights, women\u2019s rights, and democracy. I cosponsored her landmark Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which established Juneteenth as a federal holiday. I recall presiding over a hearing to consider another of her historic bills, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. I also cosponsored this legislation which supported the creation of a commission to recommend remedies to slavery.\n\nCongresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is the second coming of Barbara Jordan\u2014 another titan in American politics. I was fortunate to share time with this legendary lady. May she rest in peace.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"]], "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://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-mourns-loss-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8460637181997299, "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"}