{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=18A29F1A-D2C4-4996-B5EB-4585E1FDBE92", "Graham Introduces Religious Education Week Resolution", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today introduced a resolution designating October 5 - 11, 2025, as \u201cReligious Education Week\u201d to celebrate the importance of religious instruction in the United States and to recognize the schools, churches and other organizations offering religious education to many of America\u2019s students.\n\n\u201cSouth Carolina\u2019s children are our greatest resource and future leaders,\u201d said Graham. \u201cI am proud to introduce this resolution to emphasize the importance of continued religious education and the organizations who provide it.\u201d\n\nThe resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jim Banks (R-Indiana), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Curtis (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Ashley Moody (R-Florida), James Risch (R-Idaho), Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Todd Young (R-Indiana).\n\nThis resolution is also supported by Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty, Agudath Israel of America, Coalition for Jewish Values, Foundation for American Christian Education, School Time Bible Ministries, Association of Christian Schools International and Catholic Education Partners Inc.\n\nThe full text of the resolution is HERE.\n\n#####\n\nSupport for Senator Graham\u2019s Religious Education Week resolution:\n\nGrayson Hartgrove, Director of School Time Bible Ministries in Columbia, SC:\n\n\u201cWe support and applaud the US Senate effort to pass a US Senate Resolution on Religious Education Week. Parents of public-school students want the option of providing faith-based programming during the public-school day. The legal practice, known as Released Time for Religious Education was started in 1914 by a school superintendent. He knew the importance of parents having options in directing the upbringing of their children. Currently over 13,000 public school students with parental permission in South Carolina leave campus every week for a faith-based class off campus at a church or non-school building. The number of students participating continues to grow as more parents learn of this option.\u201d\n\nRabbi Lerner, President Emeritus of the Coalition for Jewish Values:", 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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=18A29F1A-D2C4-4996-B5EB-4585E1FDBE92"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8476958610117435, "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"}