{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cummings.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cummings-commemorates-2016-holiday-season", "Cummings Commemorates 2016 Holiday Season", "2016-12-23", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Elijah Cummings", "C000984", "cummings.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. (Dec. 23, 2016) \u2014 Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued the following statement commemorating the 2016 holiday season:\n\u201cIn the coming days, millions of American families will come together to celebrate the holiday season and the end of another calendar year. \u00a0I am grateful to have spent another year serving my constituents in Maryland\u2019s Seventh Congressional District.\u00a0\n\u201c2016 was a difficult year for our nation. There have been more than 1,000 bias-related incidents in the weeks following the election, and many Americans are uncertain about the future. \u00a0In the face of these trials, I am reminded of the great progress our nation has made in my lifetime, and I promise to continue fighting to protect that progress.\n\u201cI wish every American a safe, happy and healthy holiday season. \u00a0Let us all come together to create a more fair, more just society for generations yet unborn.\u201d", 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://cummings.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cummings-commemorates-2016-holiday-season"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7729620449244976, "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"}