{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzales.house.gov/2021/12/congressman-tony-gonzales-applauds-house-passage-blackwell-school-bill", "Congressman Tony Gonzales Applauds House Passage of Blackwell School Bill", "2021-12-09", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Tony Gonzales", "G000594", "gonzales.house.gov", "gonzales", "https://gonzales.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) on Thursday released the following statement, applauding the House passage of the Blackwell School National Historic Act (H.R. 4706):\n\n\u201cFor decades, the Blackwell School has been an important piece of history for Marfa, west Texas and Mexican-Americans across the country,\u201d said Congressman Gonzales. \u201cEstablishing the Blackwell School as a National Historic Site will cement its rich, complicated legacy for generations to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs our country continues to grapple with urgent, endemic issues of race, identity, and institutional discrimination, we need to act now to protect places like the Blackwell School so the important stories of our past can be told now, and for generations,\u201d said Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for The National Parks Conservation Association. \u201cThe stories of hardship that Latino students faced at Blackwell and their resilience in the face of discrimination have so much to teach us about America\u2019s past, present, and future. That is why we have been working to ensure this story is preserved within the National Park System. To immerse ourselves in a painful part of our history, and to understand and never forget what these Blackwell students endured and overcame. As park advocates and students of history, we are grateful to our leaders in the House of Representatives for passing the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act. We look now to the Senate to stand with the students of Blackwell and their descendants and make this place a national park site.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://gonzales.house.gov/2021/12/congressman-tony-gonzales-applauds-house-passage-blackwell-school-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.326205838471651, "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"}