{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-urging-united-states", "STATEMENT BY  CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI URGING UNITED STATES SENATE TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION  ON THE NOMINATION OF DC CIRCUIT JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT UNTIL ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE FULLY INVESTIGATED", "2018-09-18", "2018", "2018-09", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "William Clay", "C001049", "lacyclay.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "NOTE: The following, in its entirety, is a first-person\nstatement by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri\nWASHINGTON, DC  I am extremely troubled by serious questions of character and conduct raised by Professor Christine Blasey Ford against Judge Brett Kavanaugh regarding an alleged sexual assault.\nShe deserves to be heard, as does the Judge's response to her disturbing allegations.\nThe question is not when this alleged sexual assault happened, or when Professor Ford found the courage to disclose it.\nThe real question for all of us who love and respect the women in our lives is why would we doubt her veracity given the terrible price that she will now pay for speaking out in public?\nThe Senate should take no further action on this life-time appointment until all avenues of investigation into this allegation, including an FBI investigation, are concluded.\nThat investigation should be allowed to proceed without obstruction or concern for any artificial confirmation timeline that has nothing to do with justice, but everything to do with the midterm elections.\n\n-30-", 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://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-urging-united-states"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.414119964465499, "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"}