{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/exclusive-andy-ogles-rick-scott-offer-bill-rename-chinese-embassy-street-after", "Exclusive: Andy Ogles, Rick Scott Offer Bill to Rename Chinese Embassy Street After Tiananmen Square", "2026-06-05", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Andrew Ogles", "O000175", "ogles.house.gov", "ogles", "https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) are offering a bill to rename the street in front of the Chinese Embassy after Tiananmen Square, Breitbart News learned exclusively.\n\nThe bill is formally titled the \u201cTiananmen Square Memorial Act of 2026.\u201d As the title suggests, the bill aims to rename \u201cthe area along International Place Northwest between 3501 International Drive Northwest and 3507 International Place Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia,\u201d to \u201cTiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard,\u201d according to the text of the bill, announced on the 37th anniversary of the tragic massacre.\n\n\u201cAny reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the area referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard,\u201d the bill reads, continuing:\n\nThe Administrator of General Services shall construct street signs that shall (1) contain the phrase \u2018\u2018Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard\u2019\u2019; (2) be similar in design to the signs used by the District of Columbia to designate the location of Metro stations; and (3) be placed on\u2014 (A) the parcel of Federal property that is closest to Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)); and (B) the street corners of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia.\n\n\u201cThirty-seven years ago, the world witnessed the true brutality of the Chinese Communist Party when countless peaceful demonstrators were murdered in cold blood for opposing the communist regime,\u201d Scott said in a statement, noting that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has shown \u201cno remorse for this horrific event, has never taken accountability, and continues to commit severe human rights violations to this day.\u201d\n\nThis legislation, the Florida senator added, honors the memory of the \u201ccourageous victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre\u201d and condemns the \u201cheinous human rights abuses committed by the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d\n\nOgles said in a statement that China continues to be \u201cruled by the immoral, genocidal Communist regime.\u201d\n\n\u201cTomorrow marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre, when the Chinese government attacked its own people, mowing them down in the streets and murdering thousands of innocent demonstrators,\u201d Ogles said.\n\n\u201cAs the CCP continues its reign of terror, America must unequivocally condemn its human rights abuses and honor the victims who were slaughtered in 1989. I am proud to partner with Senator Rick Scott to rename the street outside the Chinese Embassy,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe CCP may try to erase history, but we will not forget.\u201d", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"]], "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://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/exclusive-andy-ogles-rick-scott-offer-bill-rename-chinese-embassy-street-after"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.102016005665064, "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"}