{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bell.house.gov/media/press-releases/bell-calls-block-ice-using-taxpayer-funds-propaganda-ads", "Bell Calls to Block ICE from Using Taxpayer Funds on Propaganda Ads", "2026-02-06", "2026", "2026-02", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Wesley Bell", "B001324", "bell.house.gov", "bell", "https://bell.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) introduced the No ICE Ads Act, legislation that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from obligating or expending funds to produce, purchase, distribute, or broadcast television advertisements intended to promote U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recruit ICE personnel, or enhance ICE\u2019s public image or branding.\n\n\u201cThe last thing Americans\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars should fund is hype videos for ICE,\u201d said Rep. Bell. \u201cThat money could be going to real needs in St. Louis\u2014health care, housing, and help with the cost of groceries. Instead, it\u2019s being spent on misleading propaganda meant to paper over the chaos and unconstitutional behavior coming out of a rogue agency. The American people have already seen who ICE is. No commercial is going to change that.\u201d\n\nAhead of this year\u2019s Super Bowl, expected to be one of the most watched events of the year, single commercial slots have reportedly sold for between $8 and $10 million. At the same time, Republicans have handed ICE a blank check through their \u201cOne Big Ugly Bill,\u201d allowing Secretary Noem to spend taxpayer dollars on reckless, misleading, and offensive commercials designed to recruit for and promote ICE and its tactics.\n\nOriginal co-sponsors of the bill include Reps. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), and Andre Carson (D-In.).\n\nRead the full bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-29T06:03:53Z", "2026-04-29T06:05:09Z"]], "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://bell.house.gov/media/press-releases/bell-calls-block-ice-using-taxpayer-funds-propaganda-ads"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.69671799428761, "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"}