{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/07/30/higgins-introduces-bill-protecting-vaccine-freedom/", "Higgins Introduces Bill Protecting Vaccine Freedom", "2021-07-30", "2021", "2021-07", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced today H.R. 4884, the Employee Rights and Freedoms Act, which would make it illegal for any employer to mandate an employee undertake any medical procedure, including a vaccine.\n\nRead the bill here.\n\nCongressman Higgins issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cEvery American who wants a vaccine should receive it. However, the decision to get vaccinated or not is a personal and private medical decision. This bill is about individual rights. I support individual freedoms, and I certainly stand against oppression. Neither government nor private employers have the right to mandate medical procedures. We\u2019re drawing the line here. We, the People, will not be herded like sheep into medical procedures against our will.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "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://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/07/30/higgins-introduces-bill-protecting-vaccine-freedom/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8113440126180649, "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"}