{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/harshbarger-office-makes-book-delivery-east-tennessee-schools-libraries", "Harshbarger Office Makes Book Delivery to East Tennessee Schools, Libraries", "2023-12-08", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Diana Harshbarger", "H001086", "harshbarger.house.gov", "harshbarger", "https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "KINGSPORT, TN - This week, staff from the office of U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited schools and libraries throughout East Tennessee to deliver books in partnership with the Library of Congress' Surplus Books Program.\n\n\"Fostering success for our students throughout East Tennessee is a cause I deeply value,\" said Congresswoman Harshbarger. \"The U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program, led by Joe Mahar and his colleagues, is a blessing for schools across Tennessee's First Congressional District, and I thank them for their continued assistance in our effort to foster a love for reading among our youth. Through the continued communication of librarians throughout East Tennessee, my office had an opportunity to play a modest role in cultivating a creative learning environment for our future generation.\"\n\nBackground: Library of Congress Surplus Books Program\n\nThe Office of Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger has delivered thousands of books throughout East Tennessee, fulfilling requests from libraries, schools, non-profits, and qualifying early childhood and senior centers.\n\nEligibility requirements include one of the following:\n\nFull\u00adtime, tax\u00ad supported or non-profit educational institution: school, school system, library, childcare or early learning center, college, university, or museum as a few examples.\n\nAgency of local, state, or federal government.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/harshbarger-office-makes-book-delivery-east-tennessee-schools-libraries"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8435030467808247, "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"}