{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/2025/5/rep-sewell-statement-on-federal-district-court-ruling-in-alabama-redistricting-retrial", "Rep. Sewell Statement on Federal District Court Ruling in Alabama Redistricting Retrial", "2025-05-08", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri A. Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", "sewell", "https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Birmingham, AL \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released the following statement in response to the federal district court ruling reaffirming Alabama\u2019s current court-ordered congressional map:\n\n\u201cIn yet another victory for fair representation, a federal court has once again ruled unequivocally that the State of Alabama\u2019s 2023 congressional map illegally dilutes the power of African American voters. Despite the state\u2019s years-long legal battle to undo our progress, this ruling ensures that Black voters in Alabama will continue to have not one but two congressional districts where we can elect a candidate of our choice.\n\n\u201cSection 2 of the Voting Rights Act is indeed alive and enforceable!\u201d\n\n###", 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-federal-district-court-ruling-in-alabama-redistricting-retrial"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2267767451703548, "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"}