{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-to-boycott-inauguration-of-president-elect-bush", "CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE TO BOYCOTT INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH", "2001-01-19", "2001", "2001-01", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Barbara Lee", "L000551", "lee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "01.19.01\n\t\t\t CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE TO BOYCOTT INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH \n\t\t\tWashington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today announced that she will not attend the inauguration of George W. Bush this Saturday, January 20, 2001.\"I cannot in good conscience celebrate the inauguration of George W. Bush when in Florida, thousands of Americans were  harassed, turned away, or otherwise disenfranchised in the November elections. This travesty of justice and democracy must  never happen again, and to that end, I have pledged to make the case at every appropriate opportunity that we need election  reform in this country, and we need it now! In losing the popular vote and being selected President by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, President-elect Bush has no mandate  from the people. I challenge him to live up to his claim of being a unifier by embracing electoral reform legislation before  Congress and directing the U.S. Department of Justice to fully investigate voter disenfranchisement in the 2000 elections in  Florida. I look forward to working with President-elect Bush on this and other issues affecting the well-being of the American  people.  As the famous quote says, \"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\" Too many have struggled and  died in this country for the right of all adult citizens to vote. We must not forget their fight and bloodshed. We must not forget  what happened in Florida in 2000. We must demand action now!\"  ###\r\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 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://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-to-boycott-inauguration-of-president-elect-bush"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7429469842463732, "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"}