{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/can-women-give-immigration-reform-the-boost-it-needs", "Can women give immigration reform the boost it needs?", "2013-11-20", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Mazie Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Can women give immigration reform the boost it needs?\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Ruth Tam\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Wednesday, November 20, 2013\r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            Burned\u00a0by Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio)\u2019s dismissal of the Senate\u2019s bipartisanimmigration reform bill,\u00a0Democrats\u00a0have hailed his recent remarks as the nail in the immigration reform coffin. Meanwhile,\u00a0Republicans\u00a0have said that Democrats are dramatizing to save face over President Obama\u2019s\u00a0botched HealthCare.gov debut. Though the Senate bill lacks a clear future,\u00a0Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) have joined a national campaign to push it forward.\r\n\u201cWe are facing the stalling of immigration reform in the House but our continued advocacy and external pressure can be brought in a sustainable way,\u201d said Hirono on Tuesday.\r\nHirono and Roybal-Allard spoke at a news conference held Tuesday by\u00a0We Belong Together, an advocacy group for women-focused immigration reform.\r\nHirono, a\u00a0supporter of the Senate\u2019s bill, raised\u00a0concerns\u00a0in June over the bill\u2019s inadvertent exclusion of women from developing countries.\r\nRead the entire piece here:\u00a0http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/11/20/can-women-give-immigration-reform-the-boost-it-needs/", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.hirono.senate.gov/news/can-women-give-immigration-reform-the-boost-it-needs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.157019916921854, "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"}