{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-welcomes-new-senior-legislative-assistant-capitol", "Congressman Johnson Welcomes New Senior Legislative Assistant to Capitol Hill Office", "2018-09-27", "2018", "2018-09", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Hank Johnson", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C  Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that he hired Estefana L. Rodriguez as his new Senior Legislative Assistant.\nRodriguez will staff Rep. Johnson for his responsibilities on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee as well as handle his legislative portfolio dealing with his environment/natural resources, financial services and small business legislation.\nCongressman Johnson has a reputation as a serious, substantive lawmaker, said Rodriguez. I'm excited to join his team in Washington and in Georgia, who are serving the people of Fourth Congressional District of Georgia.\nRodriguez previously worked for Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragn (CA-44) managing issues before the Committee on Homeland Security, such as family separation and election security.\nShe began her career on Capitol Hill in 2012 as a staffer for Congressman Pedro R. Pierluisi (PR-AL).\nDuring her nearly four years of working for the district of Puerto Rico, Rodriguez helped pass bankruptcy protections for the island, secured additional Medicaid funding for the territory, and managed relief efforts in response to hurricanes and the Zika epidemic.\nRodriguez received her B.A. in History from the University of Florida and her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law. She is a member of the D.C. Bar.\n###", 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://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-welcomes-new-senior-legislative-assistant-capitol"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2296616807579994, "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"}