{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-statement-presidents-sotu", "Clyburn Statement on President's SOTU", "2013-02-13", "2013", "2013-02", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn released the following statement on President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address:\n\u201cFifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and proclaimed \u2018We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.\u2019 Tonight President Obama stood in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives, and echoed Dr. King\u2019s sentiment.\u00a0 He took up the mantle of Dr. King in declaring, \u2018It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation of ours.\u2019\n\u201cI applaud his vision, and I look forward to working with the President and my colleagues in Congress to get our country on a path of opportunity through economic development, job creation and investing in education, infrastructure and innovation to move our country forward.\u00a0 For too long, we have been hearing why it can\u2019t be done.\u00a0 President Obama reminded us tonight that it can be done, we just have to have the political will to do it.\u201d", 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": ["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-statement-presidents-sotu"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.340431859716773, "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"}