{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-convenes-first-series-town-hall-meetings-focused-voting", "Congressman Carter Convenes First in a Series of Town Hall Meetings Focused on Voting Rights and Redistricting in Louisiana", "2026-05-11", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 Tonight, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) convened a Voting Rights Town Hall discussion at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Congressman Carter was joined by Mayor Helena Moreno, New Orleans City Council President JP Morrell, Members of the New Orleans City Council, Members of the Orleans Legislative Delegation, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, and representatives from Louisiana ACLU and Power Coalition. This is the first in a series of Town Hall meetings following the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais.\n\n\u201cWhat we witnessed from the Supreme Court is not simply a legal decision about lines on a map. It is part of a larger struggle over who gets represented, whose voices matter, and whether the promise of American democracy truly belongs to all of us,\u201d said Rep. Carter. \u201cFor generations, people marched, bled, sacrificed, and even died to secure the right to vote and the right to fair representation. Those rights were not handed to us. They were earned through courage, protest, prayer, and perseverance. This is bigger than politics. This is about preserving democracy for the next generation. History will remember this moment. The question is: when democracy was tested, did we stand up, or did we stand silent?\u201d\n\nYou can read Congressman Carter\u2019s past statements since the decision in Louisiana v. Callais here.\n\n\u201cProtecting voting rights means protecting fairness, representation, and the belief that every voice matters. Future generations will remember whether we stood up for democracy when it mattered most,\u201d said Mayor Helena Moreno. \u201cTo critics who say that the Mayor of New Orleans should stay out of this issue, I say diluting the power of New Orleans\u2019 Black voters, in particular, is a major issue for the City of New Orleans. I will absolutely stand up every time for this particular issue.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-19T06:50:32Z", "2026-06-19T06:53:40Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-convenes-first-series-town-hall-meetings-focused-voting"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.047360710799694, "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"}