{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-troy-carter-statement-threats-against-hbcus", "Rep. Troy Carter Statement on Threats Against HBCUs", "2025-09-11", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am outraged and deeply disturbed by the recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including Southern University, A&M College, Bethune-Cookman University, Virginia State University, Hampton University, Clark Atlanta University, and Alabama State University. These reprehensible acts are not only an attack on institutions of higher learning \u2014 they are an attack on our history, our culture, and the promise of opportunity that HBCUs represent for generations of students.\n\n\u201cAs the Congressman representing Louisiana \u2014 home to some of the finest HBCUs in the nation, including Xavier University, Dillard University, Southern University, and Grambling State University \u2014 and a Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, I will not stand idly by while these hateful cowards attempt to spread fear and division.\n\n\u201cHBCUs are pillars of excellence, resilience, and progress. They have nurtured leaders, broken down barriers, and carried forward the torch of justice and equality in America. Any threat against them is a threat against us all.\n\n\u201cI am calling on the full weight of the federal government \u2014 including the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI \u2014 to utilize every available resource to identify, apprehend, and prosecute those responsible. These attacks cannot be tolerated, minimized, or ignored. They must be met with swift and decisive action.\n\n\u201cLet us be clear: those who seek to terrorize our students and undermine the safe havens of learning they cherish will fail. Our communities are strong. Our institutions are resilient. And our resolve is unshakable.\n\n\u201cWe will continue to stand united in defense of HBCUs and in defense of the values of education, opportunity, and equality that they embody.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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/rep-troy-carter-statement-threats-against-hbcus"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0605324059724808, "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"}