{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2019/10/24/id-de711509-8ec6-4e09-8498-1e17cd20be30/", "Rep. Fulcher Supports Resolution to Protect Christians & Other Faiths", "2019-10-24", "2019", "2019-10", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Contact:\n\nAlexah Rogge\n\n202-225-6611\n\nalexah.rogge@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Fulcher has announced his co-sponsorship of Rep. Gary Palmer\u2019s resolution to condemn governments that allow for or take part in the persecution of Christians and other faiths.\n\nThe Resolution also calls upon the State Department to \u201cprioritize freedom of conscience and religion\u201d in U.S. foreign policy formulation.\n\n\u201cMembers of the Christian faith are being attacked and persecuted by governments and groups around the world\u2013 that is wrong,\u201d said Congressman Russ Fulcher. \u201cI proudly voted on bipartisan legislation to condemn racism and attacks on religious liberty, including anti-Christian, anti-Semitism, and anti-Islamic language. Governments and non-state actors must know that the United States will not tolerate the killing of Christians for practicing their faith.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the House Resolution does the following:\n\nCondemns the persecution of members of any faith\n\nCalls for governments to recognize the right of Christians to practice their faith without fear of persecution\n\nCalls on the State Department to prioritize religious freedom in foreign policy considerations\n\nAccording to the Pew Research Center, Christians remain the most persecuted religious group in the world. For Example, attacks on Christians by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, the wrongful imprisonment of American Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey, the mass killing of Christians and Yazidis in Northern Iraq and Syria by ISIS, and more recently the horrific Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka and Beijing\u2019s continued crackdown on local churches.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:39:44Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2019/10/24/id-de711509-8ec6-4e09-8498-1e17cd20be30/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9446037001907825, "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"}