{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/2025/5/rep-sewell-statement-on-abrupt-firing-of-dr-carla-hayden-librarian-of-congress", "Rep. Sewell Statement on Abrupt Firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress", "2025-05-08", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri A. Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", "sewell", "https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), a member of the Committee on House Administration, released the following statement in response to President Trump\u2019s abrupt firing of the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden:\n\n\u201cDr. Carla Hayden is an extraordinary public servant, revered by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. As the People\u2019s Librarian, she has championed efforts to modernize the Library of Congress and ensure that its contents are accessible to all Americans. And through her historic tenure as the first African American and first woman to hold this role, she has blazed trails for generations of aspiring scholars.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s abrupt firing of Dr. Hayden is not only an affront to her years of patriotic service, but a direct attack on the independence of a treasured American institution charged with documenting and preserving our American story. It is just the latest in his ongoing attempt to whitewash our history and replace dedicated public servants with loyal sycophants.\n\n\u201cDemocrats and Republicans in Congress should join together and call this out for what it is\u2014a disgrace.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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/2025/5/rep-sewell-statement-on-abrupt-firing-of-dr-carla-hayden-librarian-of-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0837288573384285, "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"}