{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pressley.house.gov/2026/09/03/video-pressley-mourns-pierre-damas-bel-haitian-tps-holder-and-student-athlete-who-died-of-suicide/", "VIDEO: Pressley Mourns Pierre Damas Bel, Haitian TPS Holder and Student Athlete Who Died of Suicide", "2026-09-03", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Ayanna Pressley", "P000617", "pressley.house.gov", "pressley", "https://pressley.house.gov/news/", "scraper", "Transcript: Pressley Mourns Pierre Damas Bel, Haitian TPS Holder and Student Athlete Who Died of Suicide\n\nU.S. House of Representatives\n\nSeptember 3, 2026\n\nMr. Speaker, I rise for the family and loved ones of Pierre Damas Bel, a beloved son and brother, 20-year-old college student and Haitian immigrant with Temporary Protected Status.\n\nHe found joy on the soccer field and dreamed of studying medicine until the Trump administration forced an ankle monitor, really a shackle, on him and threatened his deportation.\n\nTrump\u2019s termination of Haiti TPS robbed this young man of his humanity, stripped him of his dignity, and inflicted mental trauma that became too much for him to bear.\n\nHe simply could not go on.\n\nTrump\u2019s cruel attacks on our Haitian neighbors certainly will take a toll on our economy and our national security, but also a psychological and emotional toll.\n\nMr. Speaker, no parent should lose their child, no sibling, their older brother.\n\nYet Trump is traumatizing communities in every corner of our country.\n\nPierre should be alive today, falling in love, playing soccer, on path to becoming a doctor.\n\nWe honor his memory by doing everything we can to save lives and extend TPS for Haiti.\n\nThe House has already passed our legislation to do just that, and the Senate must follow suit without delay.\n\nPierre\u2019s father\u2019s last words to him were, \u201cPierre, come home.\u201d\n\nBecause of the cruelty, anti-blackness, and anti-immigrant policies of this administration, which I consider to be un-American, sadly, Pierre never will make it home.\n\nRest in eternal peace.\n\n\u2014", 1, "2026-09-04T09:19:37Z", "2026-09-04T09:20:58Z"]], "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://pressley.house.gov/2026/09/03/video-pressley-mourns-pierre-damas-bel-haitian-tps-holder-and-student-athlete-who-died-of-suicide/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1087129823863506, "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"}