{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1081", "CONGRESSMAN LAWLER SLAMS COURT OF APPEALS DECISION TO LET ALBANY DEMOCRATS RIG CONGRESSIONAL MAPS", "2023-12-12", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Michael Lawler", "L000599", "lawler.house.gov", "lawler", "https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after the Court of Appeals decision that overturned New York\u2019s fair Congressional maps.\n\n\u201cThis decision by the Court of Appeals is corrupt Albany politics at its worst,\u201d said Congressman Lawler. \u201cKathy Hochul, Hakeem Jeffries, and Albany and Washington Democrats stacked the court with a handpicked judge to deliver the decision they needed to rig New York\u2019s Congressional maps.\u201d\n\n\u201cLet me be clear - stacking the court to influence its decision is a direct threat to democratic norms in New York,\u201d continued Congressman Lawler. \u201cTo speak plainly, Kathy Hochul and Hakeem Jeffries should be ashamed of themselves for putting politics above all other considerations.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis politically motivated decision is just the beginning of this process, not the end,\u201d concluded Congressman Lawler. \u201cAs Albany and Washington Democrats seek to gerrymander the congressional lines in the coming weeks, there will undoubtedly be further legal action. Regardless of the outcome, New Yorkers will remember next November and in November of 2026.\u201d\n\nNew York's 17th Congressional District is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties.", 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://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1081"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8667369838804007, "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"}