{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-leads-new-effort-curb-atfs-assault-second-amendment-rights", "Congressman Biggs Leads New Effort to Curb the ATF's Assault on Second Amendment Rights", "2022-03-18", "2022", "2022-03", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andy Biggs and 141 congressional colleagues sent a letter to Mr. Marvin Richardson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), in response to ATF\u2019s attempt to restrict the ability of law-abiding Americans to use silencers on firearms.\n\n\u201cThe ATF continues to infringe on the constitutional liberties of law-abiding Americans. This has gone long enough,\u201d said Congressman Andy Biggs. \u201cATF is ignoring years of precedent to restrict individuals\u2019 ability to make their own silencers. I\u2019ve heard from my constituents how this arbitrary change is negatively impacting them. This is unacceptable. The ATF is overstepping its authority and it must explain its actions to Congress and the American people.\u201d\n\n\u201cPresident Biden and his radical Democrat allies have continuously attacked our most fundamental liberties. Now, the Biden ATF is attempting to further restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens. Americans have had enough and deserve to know why the Biden Administration believes that the mere possession of otherwise legal items are now considered to be violations of federal law,\u201d said Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary Jim Jordan (OH-4).\n\nThe full letter may be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "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://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-leads-new-effort-curb-atfs-assault-second-amendment-rights"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9074949193745852, "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"}