{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-of-congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-floor-speech-honoring-simmons-college-lady-falcons", "Transcript of Congressman Morgan McGarvey\u2019s Floor Speech Honoring Simmons College Lady Falcons", "2024-03-22", "2024", "2024-03", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2024) \u2014Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the Simmons College Women\u2019s Basketball team on their Division Two National Championship win.\n\nA transcript of Congressman McGarvey\u2019s remarks is below, and a video of the remarks can be found here:\n\n\u201cI rise today to congratulate Louisville\u2019s own Simmons College Lady Falcons on their first-ever Division Two Women\u2019s College Basketball National Championship.\n\n\u201cThey defeated the Toccoa Falls Screaming Eagles 79 \u2013 70, bringing a National Championship trophy to Louisville\u2019s only HBCU for the first time ever!\n\n\u201cAnd get this \u2014 this is only the second year Simmons College has even had a women\u2019s basketball team. What an incredible feat and what a great legacy they\u2019ve started in just two years.\n\n\u201cCongratulations to Head Coach Earl Ruffin, who was named regional coach of the year for his success in leading the Lady Falcons to victory. And congratulations to Simmons sophomore Morgan Defore, who posted 30 points in the winning game and was named a First-Team All-American.\n\n\u201cCongrats and thank you to our Lady Falcons for making all of us proud!\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:32:04Z"]], "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/transcript-of-congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-floor-speech-honoring-simmons-college-lady-falcons"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9124591015279293, "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"}