{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-recognized-outstanding-contributions-asian-american", "Congressman Krishnamoorthi Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to the Asian American Community by the Conference on Social Progress Since Repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Raja Krishnamoorthi", "K000391", "krishnamoorthi.house.gov", "krishnamoorthi", "https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, as part of the commemoration of Wednesday\u2019s 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was honored by the organizers of the Conference on Social Progress Since Repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act 80 Years Ago (CRCEA) with an award for his outstanding contributions to the Asian American community. CRCEA presented Congressman Krishnamoorthi with the award following his address on the progress made by the Asian American community since the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act 80 years ago. The Chinese Exclusion Act, which was enacted in 1882 and repealed in 1943, was the first and most significant federal legislation in American history to explicitly suspend immigration for people of a specific nationality. It is still widely regarded as a central pillar of the history of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian hate.\n\n\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to have joined with members of the Chinese American and broader AAPI community to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, a critical milestone in American history which highlights our progress as a nation,\u201d said Congressman Krishnamoorthi. \u201cThis bigoted law robbed countless people of Chinese heritage the opportunity to pursue their American dream while laying the foundations for the anti-Asian hate our nation still battles today. Today, on the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act\u2019s repeal, I hope all Americans reflect on the dark history of this law, how far we have come as a nation, and how far we still must go as to defeat anti-Asian hate.", 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://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-recognized-outstanding-contributions-asian-american"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3827169314026833, "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"}