{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-statement-mike-johnson-becoming-speaker-house", "Congressman Morgan McGarvey\u2019s Statement on Mike Johnson Becoming Speaker of the House", "2023-10-25", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) \u2013 Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement after Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives:\n\n\u201cWe finally have a Speaker so we can get back to work. It is frustrating and embarrassing it took House Republicans more than three weeks and four speaker votes to overcome their own civil war and install Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House\u201d said Rep. McGarvey. \u201cAnd for what? To reach any consensus, traditional Republicans still had to bow to the most extreme wing of their Party and select a far-right Republican who reflects their unpopular and extremist views. Speaker Johnson played a key role in trying to invalidate the 2020 election results, supports a national abortion ban, and has introduced a federal \u2018don\u2019t say gay\u2019 bill to further isolate vulnerable LGBTQ youth. It\u2019s unconscionable that House Republicans essentially halted all legislative business for nearly a month and ignored the bipartisan path forward offered by House Democrats so they could settle internal scores and weaken the institution. However, I\u2019m at least relieved we can resume our work to keep the government open and send critical aid to our international allies. Regardless of which party is in power, Democrats remain united and will continue our work for the American people.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-statement-mike-johnson-becoming-speaker-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9774980135262012, "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"}