{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairman-harris-supports-pause-usda-funds-university-over-refusal-protect", "Chairman Harris Supports Pause Of USDA Funds To University Over Refusal To Protect Women\u2019s Sports", "2025-03-13", "2025", "2025-03", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration\u2019s pause of federal U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds to the University of Maine (UMS) over their refusal to protect women.\n\nThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has determined that the state and its Department of Education have violated Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in women\u2019s sports. This funding pause comes as the USDA reviews potential Title IX violations by the university.\n\nStatement From Chairman Harris:\n\n\u201cAs Chairman of the House Appropriations USDA subcommittee, I fully support pausing any disbursement of funds to the University of Maine System pending investigations of federal civil rights policy violations. Women and Girl\u2019s sports must be protected from woke identity politics.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:15:27Z"]], "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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairman-harris-supports-pause-usda-funds-university-over-refusal-protect"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8272258564829826, "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"}