{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-heinrich-statement-on-indigenous-peoples-day", "VIDEO: Heinrich Statement on Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day", "2024-10-14", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", "heinrich", "https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2013 U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following video statement in commemoration of Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day. Heinrich is leading the effort in Congress to pass legislation that would replace the current federal holiday of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day.\n\nVIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day Statement, October 14, 2024.\n\n\u201cNative peoples have lived in the land we now call New Mexico and the United States for thousands of years.\n\n\u201cI am honored to work with the Pueblos and Tribes who call New Mexico home, and with Tribes all across Indian Country. As part of that work, I have been proud to lead legislation in the Senate to re-frame this national holiday as Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day.\n\n\u201cNew Mexico is one of a growing number of states that already recognizes this change. And three years ago, President Biden became the first President to formally commemorate Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day. Re-framing this holiday is a powerful way for us to acknowledge and heal from painful history. It also inspires us to celebrate the enduring strength and resilience of Native people.\n\n\u201cToday and every day, I am committed to uplifting Tribal communities and defending Tribal sovereignty and self-determination.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nLast year, Heinrich led the bicameral introduction of legislation to replace the official federal holiday recognized on the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day. The bill would also replace any mention of Columbus Day in all federal laws or regulations with Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day.\n\nHeinrich\u2019s legislation is supported by the Navajo Nation, Mescalero Apache Tribe, All Pueblo Council of Governors, National Congress of American Indians, Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Initiative, Association on American Indian Affairs, Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe, the Pocahontas Project, Cherokee Nation, National Council of Urban Indian Health, and Barona Band of Mission Indians.\n\nThe Senate legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Angus King (I-Maine).\n\nRead the full text of the bill here.", 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.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-heinrich-statement-on-indigenous-peoples-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.301399024669081, "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"}