{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/chair-beatty-convenes-hearing-to-discuss-justice-involved-economic-barriers", "Chair Beatty Convenes Hearing to Discuss Justice-Involved Economic Barriers", "2021-09-28", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Joyce Beatty", "B001281", "beatty.house.gov", "beatty", "https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC\u2014The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, chaired by U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), held a hearing today entitled, \"Access Denied: Eliminating Barriers and Increasing Economic Opportunity for Justice-Involved Individuals.\" The Subcommittee hearing examined the impact of economic barriers on justice-involved individuals, as well as opportunities to increase economic access for justice-involved individuals.\n\n\"The United States has the largest population of incarcerated persons in the world with 2.1 million Americans in prison. Another 78 million Americans holding a criminal record, with a third of American Adults having been arrested in their lifetime,\" Beatty said. \"Justice-involved individuals are our neighbors, friends, and family members, but even though we are a nation of second chances, many justice-involved individuals continue to face insurmountable barriers to employment and financial inclusion.\" She added, \"Through introducing the Fair Hiring in Banking Act, I am working to build pathways to give those who are seeking a second chance an opportunity for greater economic opportunity and a brighter future.\"\n\nAn archived recording of the hearing can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tdyo3W4fMw", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/chair-beatty-convenes-hearing-to-discuss-justice-involved-economic-barriers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0414680000394583, "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"}