{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2025/11/video-stanton-introduces-congresswoman-adelita-grijalva-on-house-floor", "VIDEO: Stanton Introduces Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva on House Floor", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ) today introduced his colleague Congresswoman Adelia Grijalva (D-AZ) on the House floor\u2014moments after she was finally sworn in as a Member of Congress and fifty days after she was elected to represent Arizona\u2019s 7th District.\n\nVideo of his speech is HERE.\n\nText of his speech as prepared is below.\n\n---\n\nMr. Speaker, thank you and thank you Congressman Gosar, the new dean of our state\u2019s delegation. It\u2019s been a minute since we\u2019ve all been together.\n\nAs Dean, Congressman Gosar replaces the late Congressman Ra\u00fal Grijalva\u2014one of the most impactful leaders in Arizona history.\n\nAnd now with great pride, I rise today to do something we\u2019ve waited 50 long days to do . . . exactly 49 days too long. . . and introduce my colleague from Arizona, Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.\n\nSince September 23rd, the people of southern Arizona have been waiting for full representation.\n\nThe excuses for the delay seemingly changed daily: first they needed an election certificate, though one isn\u2019t required. Then, they wanted to make sure she had enough \u201cpomp and circumstance.\u201d Then we were informed about a non-existent \u201cPelosi precedent.\u201d\n\nAt one point the Speaker of this chamber went on television and said, \u201cBless her heart, she is a representative-elect, she does not know how it works around here.\u201d\n\nBless his heart, here\u2019s how it should work. Let\u2019s call it the Adelita Grijalva precedent: When the American people vote, this chamber respects their will and seats them. Immediately. Politics should never come into play.\n\nMr. Speaker, Congresswoman Grijalva is a native Tucsonan, the granddaughter of a bracero who came here from Mexico. She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Tucson Unified School Board, serving twenty years, then a Pima County Supervisor fighting for working families, affordable housing, and early childhood education. Now she brings that same fight to Congress.\n\nThe people of Arizona\u2019s Seventh District placed their trust in her, and today that trust is rewarded.\n\nHer first act as a Member of Congress will be a powerful one: she will be the 218th and final signature on the discharge petition to force the Trump Administration to release the Epstein files, delivering long-overdue justice and accountability for hundreds of victims abused by rich and powerful men.\n\nShe will be a smart, principled, and a fighter through and through.\n\nMr. Speaker, it is my honor to welcome and introduce to this chamber Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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/2025/11/video-stanton-introduces-congresswoman-adelita-grijalva-on-house-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8722319509834051, "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"}