{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://larsen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4257", "Larsen Pushes Back Against Trump\u2019s Voter Suppression Efforts", "2026-09-09", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Rick Larsen", "L000560", "larsen.house.gov", "larsen", "https://larsen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement:\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail-in voting rule is an effort to suppress the right to vote. There is no evidence that mail-in ballots result in widespread voter fraud in our elections, no matter what the President claims.\n\n\u201cFor instance, during a recount of ballots mailed in Whatcom County for last month\u2019s primary, election workers confirmed that 100% of the ballots were counted accurately. Local election officials know how to administer free and fair elections.\n\n\u201cI am challenging Trump\u2019s voter suppression efforts. I will keep supporting all efforts to defend Washington\u2019s secure vote-by-mail system and protect the right of every eligible citizen to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.\u201d\n\nYesterday, Rep. Larsen joined 260 of his House and Senate colleagues in sending an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing against the legality of Trump\u2019s USPS mail-in voting rule. The court case challenges a USPS rule issued because of President Trump\u2019s executive order this past March that imposes unconstitutional and unworkable restrictions on mail-in voting, including requiring states to provide a \u201ccitizenship verification list\u201d and attempting to give USPS control over who can vote by mail.\n\nRep. Larsen is a co-founder of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus.\n\nTo read the full amicus brief, click here.", 1, "2026-09-10T09:25:58Z", "2026-09-10T09:27:09Z"]], "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://larsen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4257"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 11.811795644462109, "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"}