{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lee.senate.gov/2025/9/senator-lee-introduces-resolution-condemning-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-and-honoring-his-legacy", "Senator Lee Introduces Resolution Condemning Assassination of Charlie Kirk and Honoring His Legacy", "2025-09-11", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "www.lee.senate.gov", "mikelee", "https://www.lee.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a resolution today in response to the assassination of conservative leader and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk yesterday during an event on Utah Valley University\u2019s campus. A companion resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-UT).\n\nRESOLUTION\n\nCondemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and honoring his life and legacy.\n\nWhereas Charlie Kirk was horrifically assassinated on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University while speaking to a large group of college students;\n\nWhereas Charlie Kirk was a devoted husband, father, and Christian;\n\nWhereas, in 2012, Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA, a conservative campus advocacy group that quickly became one of the fastest growing college campus chapter organizations in the country; and\n\nWhereas Charlie Kirk frequently engaged college students of all political backgrounds in open debates and discussion, encouraging civil discourse on college campuses and among college students: Now, therefore, be it\n\nResolved, That the Senate\u2014\n\n(1) condemns the assassination of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms;\n\n(2) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to Charlie Kirk\u2019s family, including his wife, Erika, and their two young children; and\n\n(3) honors Charlie Kirk\u2019s commitment to the constitutional principles of civil discussion and debate between all people of the United States, regardless of political affiliation.\n\nSenator Lee released the following statement yesterday in response to Kirk\u2019s passing:\n\n\u201cCharlie Kirk was an American patriot, an inspiration to countless young people to stand up and defend the timeless truths that make our country great.\n\n\u201cThis murder was a cowardly act of violence, an attack on champions of freedom like Charlie, the students who gathered for civil debate, and all Americans who peacefully strive to save our nation.\n\n\u201cThe terrorists will not win.\n\n\u201cCharlie will.\n\n\u201cPlease join me in praying for his wife Erika and their children. May justice be swift.\u201d\n\nRead the full text of the resolution here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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.lee.senate.gov/2025/9/senator-lee-introduces-resolution-condemning-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-and-honoring-his-legacy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7416070438921452, "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"}