{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davidson.house.gov/2021/5/davidson-introduces-fired-act", "Davidson Introduces FIRED Act", "2021-05-12", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Warren Davidson", "D000626", "davidson.house.gov", "davidson", "https://davidson.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Ohio Representative Warren Davidson introduced the FIRED (Fauci Incompetence Requires Early Dismissal) Act, which sets a twelve-year term limit for appointees serving in the capacity of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.\n\nThis position is currently held by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has served in his position since 1984.\n\nIn the wake of massive missteps by Dr. Fauci and his subordinates in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, this bill addresses an oft-overlooked issue: the lack of accountability for unelected bureaucrats.\n\nUnder Dr. Fauci\u2019s guidance, Americans have lost confidence in the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, leading to confusion and serious government overreach that has threatened Americans\u2019 livelihoods and freedoms. Despite successful treatment therapies, a historic vaccination development, and decreasing cases, Dr. Fauci has continued to advise healthy, low-risk Americans to continue to act as if the pandemic were out of control\u2014after overseeing nearly a year of draconian public health policies that have decimated the U.S. economy.\n\nAfter introducing the bill, Rep. Davidson made the following statement:\n\n\"Dr. Fauci represents everything that President Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address: the scientific-technical elite steering the country toward their own ends. Americans have had decades of Dr. Fauci\u2019s leadership, and he publicly failed to respond appropriately to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is time for him to step aside so that new leadership can \u2018follow the science\u2019 and start reopening America.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://davidson.house.gov/2021/5/davidson-introduces-fired-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6661863774061203, "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"}