{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2022/12/stanton-celebrates-the-release-of-brittney-griner", "Stanton Celebrates the Release of Brittney Griner", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Greg Stanton today celebrated the release of Brittney Griner, who had been wrongfully detained by the Russian Federation for nearly 300 days.\n\n\u201cToday is a great day because Brittney is finally coming home,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked for this day for many, many months, and I\u2019m incredibly grateful for those who kept Brittney\u2019s case at the forefront and to the Biden Administration for making today possible.\u201d\n\nStanton authored the bipartisan resolution calling for Griner\u2019s immediate release, which was passed by the House of Representatives on June 24. He was joined by Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Colin Allred of Texas in introducing the resolution. Griner, a star for the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury, grew up in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Baylor University.\n\nStanton also hosted a classified State Department briefing for his congressional colleagues and staff, and a separate briefing for Brittney\u2019s teammates and Mercury staff earlier this year.\n\nWhile flying to Arizona aboard Air Force One earlier this week, Stanton raised Brittney\u2019s case with President Biden.\n\nHe will continue to work with his colleagues for the return of Paul Whelan, another American wrongfully detained in Russia.", 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://stanton.house.gov/2022/12/stanton-celebrates-the-release-of-brittney-griner"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0346479248255491, "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"}