{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/FSGG", "Two Fiscally Responsible Boebert Amendments Pass House", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Two of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert\u2019s amendments passed the House and will be included in the final version of the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024.\n\nCongresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) said, \u201cHonest, hardworking Americans, who dutifully pay their taxes, should never bear the financial burden of Joe Biden's border crisis, or fund bonuses for an IRS that has been weaponized against them. Some big wins for the Third District are in the House Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill. I will continue to work hard on behalf of the American people I represent.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThis week, the House debated H.R. 4664, the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024. Included in this bill are 9 of Congresswoman Boebert\u2019s legislative priorities and two of her amendments.\n\nIn the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Boebert has been an extremely effective legislator, focusing on the needs of Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District and delivering numerous legislative victories. Specifically, five of the Congresswoman\u2019s bills, 55 of her amendments, and 45 of her appropriations requests have passed the House. She has also passed seven bills through the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Administration. In addition, the Congresswoman has secured $19.7 million for 10 important water and infrastructure projects in the Third District through Community Project Funding requests that are included in House Appropriations bills.\n\nHere are the two amendments of Congresswoman Boebert that passed the House:\n\nBoebert Amendment 40 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to be used to provide financial assistance to Sanctuary Cities. Sanctuary city policies directly violate the Rule of Law outlined in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress jurisdiction over immigration matters. A nation of laws must prioritize the enforcement of established laws rather than seeking ways to circumvent them. Sanctuary cities disregard federal statutes by harboring illegal immigrants, including violent criminals. The proposed amendment aims to restrict the use of funds from the Act in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, prohibiting sanctuary policies obstructing law enforcement's sharing of immigration status information.\n\nBoebert Amendment 41 - Prohibits performance awards or bonuses for senior executive service employees at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Joe Biden has weaponized the IRS against the American people. The IRS under Biden has received $80 billion to build an army of 87,000 armed IRS agents for audits and enforcement and have even gone as far as monitoring bank accounts for transactions over $600. The IRS has deviated from its mission to serve taxpayers and has instead become a tool for targeting middle and low-income families and small businesses with audits and draconian enforcement activities.\n\nAppropriations Victories:\n\nCongresswoman Lauren Boebert submitted 9 appropriations requests that were included in the base bill. Read the full letter from Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack to Congresswoman Boebert listing these priorities HERE.\n\nCongresswoman Boebert\u2019s appropriations requests found in the base bill include:\n\nA $1 billion cut for the Internal Revenue Service.\n\nProhibits funding of raises, bonuses, or promotions until the Secretary of the Treasury produces a COVID-19 National Emergency expenditure report.\n\nReport language regarding Government-Wide (Title VII) provision prohibiting Government from labelling speech as misinformation.\n\nBill language repealing the Death with Dignity Act and prohibiting physician-assisted suicide in the District of Columbia.\n\nBill language protecting Americans from government discrimination based on their belief in natural marriage.\n\nBill language regarding Government-Wide (Title VII) provision prohibiting funding of Critical Race Theory.\n\nBill language prohibiting the use of funds to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://boebert.house.gov/FSGG"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4604909121990204, "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"}