{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-chairs-missouri-district-judge-nominations-hearing/", "Hawley Chairs Missouri District Judge Nominations Hearing", "2025-06-04", "2025", "2025-06", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chaired the Judiciary Committee nominations hearing featuring the four Missourians President Trump has tapped to serve as district judges for Missouri\u2013his first tranche of judicial nominees.\n\nThe nominees are:\n\nMaria A. Lanahan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri\n\nCristian M. Stevens, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri\n\nJoshua M. Divine, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri\n\nZachary M. Bluestone, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri\n\nThese individuals would fill judicial positions that have been vacant throughout the Biden Administration. Since the beginning of the year, Senator Hawley has worked closely with the Trump White House to ensure that appointments to Missouri vacancies are prioritized.\n\nSenator Hawley also had a memorable exchange on Title IX protections with Whitney D. Hermandorfer, nominated to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Senator Hawley highlighted her record of defending legislation to safeguard women\u2019s sports and opportunities from men who identify as women.\n\n\u201cI want to thank you for going to battle for our daughters, for going to battle for the women you played sports with, for standing up for this landmark legislation,\u201dSenator Hawley said.\n\n\u201cWhen it comes to the litigation that you carried out on behalf of Tennessee \u2026 I think you did a great service, not just to Tennessee but for the nation,\u201d Senator Hawley added.\n\nWatch the full committee hearing here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:38Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-chairs-missouri-district-judge-nominations-hearing/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.233851235359907, "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"}