{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=e97f9c74-f00f-4c0f-a13f-5b5deac8d5d7", "Alexander Statement on NGA Endorsement of Every Student Succeeds Act", "2015-11-30", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Lamar Alexander", "A000360", "www.alexander.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, November 30  U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate education committee, released the following statement on the National Governors Associations full endorsement of the Every Student Succeeds Act:\r\nThe National Governors Association's full endorsement of our bipartisan legislation to fix No Child Left Behindthe group's first such endorsement of any federal legislation in nearly 20 yearsis of huge significance. It is one more sign that there is a consensus that everyone wants this law fixedgovernors, teachers, parents, Republicans and Democrats. It also confirms that there is a consensus about how to fix it: by continuing the laws important measures of academic progress of students but restoring to states, school districts, classroom teachers, and parents the responsibility for deciding what to do about improving student achievement.\r\n###\r\nFor access to this release and the senators other statements, click here.\r\nTo stay up-to-date on the senators latest actions, follow him on Twitter and YouTube.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=e97f9c74-f00f-4c0f-a13f-5b5deac8d5d7"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.414023106917739, "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"}