{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-brown-honors-shirley-chisholm-house-floor", "Congresswoman Brown Honors Shirley Chisholm on House Floor", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Shontel M. Brown", "B001313", "shontelbrown.house.gov", "shontelbrown", "https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 This week, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) delivered remarks celebrating the legacy of the Honorable Shirley Chisholm and the House passed legislation to award Chisholm the Congressional Gold Medal. Chisholm made history as the first Black woman to serve in Congress in 1969 and as the first Black woman to run for President as a major party candidate in 1972.\n\nCongresswoman Brown delivered her remarks as part of a Congressional Black Caucus Special Order Hour Tuesday recognizing Chisholm\u2019s 100th Birthday. On Wednesday the House unanimously passed The Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act (S. 4243). This legislation, which passed the Senate last week, posthumously awards Chisholm the Congressional Gold Medal. It now heads to President Biden for his signature.\n\nSince 1776, Congress has commissioned gold medals as its highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions.\n\nCongresswoman Brown\u2019s Remarks as Delivered (Youtube):\n\nThank you, thank you, thank you Shield Cherfilus-McCormick, the gentlelady from Florida for your recognition.\n\nAnd thank you for pulling the CBC together for this Special Order Hour, along with my colleague from Illinois, Mr. Jonathan Jackson.\n\nI am honored to join my CBC colleagues in recognition of the 100th Birthday of the great Shirley Chisholm here in the House Chamber.\n\nAnd it\u2019s so appropriate that we are here, because this is one of the places where Shirley made history.\n\nOn January 3, 1969\u2026 she was the first Black woman to walk into this Chamber as a member of Congress.\n\nThat was the 91st Congress of the United States.\n\nMeaning that the first 90 Congresses\u2026 dating back to 1789\u2026 had not featured a Black woman.\n\nAnd of course, most Congresses had not featured many women\u2026 or many Black representatives at all.\n\nIn fact, the same day that Congresswoman Chisholm was sworn in\u2026\n\n\u2026my predecessor representing Northeast Ohio, the Honorable Louis Stokes\u2026 another founding member of the CBC\u2026 also took office\u2026\n\nBeing the first Black member of Congress from Ohio, after 166 years of statehood.\n\nThat is why I have so much pride when I look at my colleagues.\n\nBecause we are here now.\n\nAnd it started with Shirley Chisholm.\n\nAnd Shirley Chisholm served, legislated, and lived, like she was making up for lost time.\n\nMaking up for all the times that people like her had been shut out of the conversation\u2026 or left out of the room.\n\nThat\u2019s why her legacy is so strong today.\n\nShe wasn\u2019t just A First\u2026 she wasn\u2019t just a historical footnote\u2026 she was a fighter.\n\nShirley Chisholm was someone who came here on Day One and demanded to be heard and demanded that her constituents be heard.\n\nSo she fought, unbought and unbossed\u2026\n\nFor nutrition benefits for people in need\u2026\n\nFor child care...\n\nFor universal health care\u2026\n\nAnd for justice for Black women and Black Americans and all people in this country.\n\nAnd these fights are not over.\n\nAs we head into a new Congress next year, along with a new President\u2026 it is clear that many of these same battles will be fought anew.\n\nTherefore, as we celebrate Congresswoman Chisholm\u2019s 100th Birthday, let us also all draw strength from her example and the courage to carry on her legacy.\n\nAnd with that Mr. Speaker, I yield back.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-brown-honors-shirley-chisholm-house-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4290529545396566, "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"}