{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3576", "CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT RELEASES STATEMENT ON PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS", "2019-10-17", "2019", "2019-10", "Democrat", "House", "VI", "Stacey Plaskett", "P000610", "plaskett.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For Immediate Release                                                             Contact: Michael J. McQuerry\r\nOctober 17, 2019                                                                                 202-215-8524\r\nPRESS STATEMENT\r\nCONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT RELEASES STATEMENT ON PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS\r\nWashington, DC -Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett issued the following statement on the passing of House Oversight Committee Chairman and Congressional Black Caucus Member, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings:\r\nToday we lost the earthly man Elijah Cummings. Most of the country and many around the world knew him as a member of Congress from the city of Baltimore. He was a fierce fighter for the forgotten, a sworn opponent of hunger, of poverty, of abuse and of addiction. Chairman Cummings was a driven man, a person who pushed for what was right because he believed in the supreme responsibility of elected officials to look out for those that we represent.\r\nI had had the honor of being a member of the Committee he chaired for 5 years. He was a mentor to me. I and those who had a chance to interact with him knew him as more than a member of Congress. More importantly he was a man of God. He lived and worked in Congress on Christian values.\r\nHe was a man of great wisdom and although he needed little protection I viewed my role on the Committee as not only being the consummate prosecutor and counselor but as a frontline and protector to this gentleman.\r\nTo his wife, Maya, his family and staff our prayers and love are with you.\r\n###", 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://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3576"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9445240721106529, "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"}