{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-sophia-bush-interviews-mciver-on-oversight-newark-and-being-a-pregnant-mother-in-congress", "ICYMI: Sophia Bush interviews McIver on Oversight, Newark, and Being A Pregnant Mother In Congress", "2026-08-31", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "LaMonica McIver", "M001229", "mciver.house.gov", "mciver", "https://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cMy 10-year-old self seeing me now as a congresswoman would be like, \u2018what in the heck? This girl is a cCongresswoman?\u2019 I would have never put my finest dollar on that. So it's just a shocker, and it's something that I definitely didn't dream of wanting to do.\n\n\u201cWhen I learned about community and being civically engaged, that became my everything\u2026 I started passing out flyers and telling people \u2018get out and vote\u2019 on election day. Something about that made me feel really good about myself, and it made me want to be a better young person.\u201d\n\n\u201cJust the stress of knowing that these people, a Stephen Miller, a Donald Trump, a Todd Blanche, would want nothing more but to see me in handcuffs, serving time. That would delight them\u2026 It saddens me to know that I'm someone who has done nothing wrong, right? I showed up to do my job and these people want to put me behind bars.\u201d\n\n\u201cI'm a Black woman who came to [Delaney Hall] to express the power\u2013 not the power that I gave myself, but the power that the people of the 10th congressional district of New Jersey gave me\u2013 and do oversight.\n\n[...]\n\n\u201cBlack women have always stood in the gaps. I'm standing on the shoulders of many who stood in the gaps for many different issues\u2026 I had to stand in the gap on behalf of my constituents and immigrants who are being detained \u2026 My duty is to stand up for people and to protect them, and I would do it on any issue, on all issues, because that is what I am here for.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe people I represent\u2013 they have been so strong. Everywhere I go, they have lifted me up, given me a hug. People don\u2019t understand how lifting that is, to say \u2018we\u2019ve got your back. You call us, you rally the call, and we\u2019re there.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cI think about my journey all together\u2026 what I want to leave behind. What is my legacy of all of this? I want to be known as someone who fought for things that were right for people on all fronts\u2026 I want [my children] to know that their mom was a fighter for good.\n\n[...]\n\n\u201cI knew when I was [growing] up I wanted the best for people, no matter where they are. That is why I do what I do. And I am going to continue doing that until there is no more breath in my body.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-28T11:29:07Z", "2026-09-28T11:30:58Z"]], "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://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-sophia-bush-interviews-mciver-on-oversight-newark-and-being-a-pregnant-mother-in-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4610891230404377, "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"}