{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-democrats-block-cruz-motion-insist-unvaccinated-african-american-kids-in-dc-shouldnt-go-to-school", "Senate Democrats Block Cruz Motion, Insist Unvaccinated African American Kids In D.C. Shouldn\u2019t Go To School", "2022-08-08", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", "cruz", "https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senate Democrats blocked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz\u2019s (R-Texas) motion today that would have protected students in Washington, D.C. public schools from the city\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.\n\nThis mandate blocks unvaccinated schoolkids 12-to-15-years-of-age, primarily minorities, from attending school in-person, which will have a further detrimental impact on students.\n\nBefore the vote on the motion on the Senate floor, Sen. Cruz said:\n\n\u201cIn D.C. the rate of vaccination for students 12 to 15 is 85 percent. For African American students, the rate drops to 60 percent. The D.C. public schools have announced any student that is not vaccinated is not allowed to come to school. If Democrats vote no on this motion to commit, they will be voting to tell thousands of African American students in D.C. you\u2019re not allowed to come to school, your education doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d\n\nWatch to Sen. Cruz\u2019s full remarks here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-democrats-block-cruz-motion-insist-unvaccinated-african-american-kids-in-dc-shouldnt-go-to-school"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9654310997575521, "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"}