{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jacksonlee.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-of-texas-statement-denouncing-planned", "Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas  Statement Denouncing Planned Ku Klux Klan Victory Parade in North Carolina", "2016-11-15", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Sheila Jackson Lee", "J000032", "jacksonlee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For Immediate Release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact: Glenn Rushing\nNovember 14, 2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (202) 225-3816\n\u00a0\nPress Statement\n  Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas\nStatement Denouncing Planned Ku Klux Klan Victory Parade in North Carolina\n\u00a0\nWashington, DC - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, released the following statement condemning the planned Trump \u201cVictory Parade\u201d in North Carolina by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan:\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe Ku Klux Klan has a long and richly deserved reputation as the leading hate group in America. Its legacy is one of racism, anti-Semitism and religious bigotry, violence, and domestic terror. The Klan is motivated by a hateful ideology that is rejected by the vast majority of the American people.\"\n\u00a0\n\u201cI join with the Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and people of goodwill everywhere in condemning the hateful and bigoted extremists who comprise the Ku Klux Klan and call upon its leaders to renounce any plans to hold \u201cvictory parade\u201d celebrating the election of the President-Elect. That is not the way to bring about the healing and reconciliation needed to unify our country after such a divisive and racially charged election campaign.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###\n\u00a0\nCongresswoman Jackson Lee is a Democrat from Texas\u2019s 18th Congressional District. She is a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security and is Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations.", 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://jacksonlee.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-of-texas-statement-denouncing-planned"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5390440821647644, "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"}