{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-bipartisan-group-of-colleagues-successfully-include-john-lewis-civil-rights-fellowship-act-in-ndaa", "Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Successfully Include John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act in NDAA", "2023-12-13", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Mike Collins", "C001129", "www.collins.senate.gov", "collins", "https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 This week, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and a bipartisan group of her colleagues celebrated the inclusion of the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act, in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), expected to pass before year\u2019s end. The legislation will create a \u201cJohn Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship\u201d within the existing Fulbright U.S. Student Program to support Americans in the study of nonviolent civil rights movements abroad.\n\n\u201cCongressman John Lewis was a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice and whose unwavering commitment to nonviolent activism serves as an example for future generations,\u201d said Senator Collins. \u201cIn 2015, I was honored to be among those who joined him in Selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March that he led. By supporting the study of nonviolent civil rights movements around the world, this new fellowship would honor and carry forward his legacy.\u201d\n\nThe Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange scholarship, sending over 370,000 young Americans abroad since its creation in 1946. The John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship would promote studies, research, and international exchange in the subject of nonviolent movements that established and protected civil rights around the world.\n\nU.S. Representative Nikema Williams, who now represents Lewis\u2019 longtime congressional district in Georgia, and Representative Nancy Mace introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.\n\nThis legislation was also cosponsored by Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA).\n\nFull bill text is available HERE. For full text of the NDAA, click HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-bipartisan-group-of-colleagues-successfully-include-john-lewis-civil-rights-fellowship-act-in-ndaa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9795050136744976, "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"}