{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/10/issues/women/video-blackburn-celebrates-female-athletes-on-october-10", "VIDEO: Blackburn Celebrates Female Athletes on October 10", "2024-10-10", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video celebrating women\u2019s athletic achievements on October 10th after introducing a resolution earlier this year to designate 10/10 as \u2018American Girls in Sports Day.\u2019\n\nDespite the fact that nearly70% of Americans agree athletes should only be allowed to compete on teams that correspond with their sex at birth, Senate Democrats blocked the effort to pass this resolution last month.\n\nClick here to download this video of Senator Blackburn discussing \u2018American Girls in Sports Day.\u2019\n\n\u201cIn 2022, the Biden-Harris Department of Education announced new rules that would actually force schools to allow biological men to play on female teams. This regulation really does undermine women's sports, so I introduced legislation that would establish a day, October 10th, as \u2018American Girls in Sports Day.\u2019 The Democrats went to the floor and blocked that resolution, but October 10th should still be a day we set aside and celebrate our female athletes. In the last 50 years, since the signing of Title IX, female athletes have really gone from the sidelines to center stage. That is something to celebrate.\u201d \u2013 Senator Blackburn\n\nRELATED:\n\nSenate Democrats Block Blackburn\u2019s Effort to Establish \u201cAmerican Girls in Sports Day\u201d\n\nBlackburn Leads Resolution To Recognize \u2018American Girls In Sports Day\u2019", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/10/issues/women/video-blackburn-celebrates-female-athletes-on-october-10"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9344639256596565, "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"}