{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/2022/12/rep-sewell-honors-rosa-parks-on-the-house-floor-on-the-67th-anniversary-of-her-arrest", "Rep. Sewell Honors Rosa Parks on the House Floor on the 67th Anniversary of Her Arrest", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri A. Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", "sewell", "https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks.\n\nA video recording of Rep. Sewell\u2019s remarks can be viewed and downloaded here. Her remarks are transcribed below.\n\nRep. Sewell: Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an American native, an Alabama native, and Civil Rights icon, Mrs. Rosa Parks, on the 67th anniversary of her historic arrest.\n\nOn this day, December 1st, in 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, taking a bold stand against Montgomery\u2019s segregated bus system. Her dignified courage sparked the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott and changed the very fabric of our nation.\n\nAs the Representative of Alabama\u2019s 7th Congressional District, I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of H.R. 5111, the Rosa Parks Day Act, which would designate today, December 1st, as a federal holiday in her honor.\n\nThis bill would ensure that her brave sacrifice will live on in American history forever and I urge my colleagues to sign on.\n\nAs we reflect on her courage, let us never forget the power of ordinary Americans to achieve extraordinary social change.\n\nIn the words of Rosa Parks, I urge you all to \u201cnever be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://sewell.house.gov/2022/12/rep-sewell-honors-rosa-parks-on-the-house-floor-on-the-67th-anniversary-of-her-arrest"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.670754048973322, "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"}