{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2021/05/19/id-0dbaa5d2-1b04-4137-85b4-ddc9b8a245a3/", "Rep. Fulcher, E&L Members Press Cardona on Critical Race Theory", "2021-05-19", "2021", "2021-05", "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. \u2013 Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter, signed by every Republican Committee Member, to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona voicing strong objection to the Education Department\u2019s proposed priorities on the American History and Civics Education programs. Specifically, the Department\u2019s action would violate prohibitions against the federal government\u2019s involvement in local schools\u2019 curriculum, advance racist and divisive ideologies, and advocate for false history and misinformation.\n\nIn the letter, the Members write: \u201cMr. Secretary, we urge you to withdraw these proposed priorities. They violate prohibitions against federal involvement in curriculum, advocate for a racist and divisive ideology, and promote historically inaccurate and misleading information. Schools should address the abysmal performance of American students in civics and history and we would eagerly work with you on that bipartisan goal.\u201d The Members continue: \u201cAny effort from the federal level must respect state and local control of curriculum, be free of ideological bias, and focus on instilling in our students an understanding of, and appreciation for, our nation\u2019s founding principles of equality and unalienable rights.\u201d\n\nTo read the full letter to Secretary Cardona, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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/2021/05/19/id-0dbaa5d2-1b04-4137-85b4-ddc9b8a245a3/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0716421529650688, "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"}