{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sharice-davids-votes-secure-us-elections-foreign-interference", "Rep. Sharice Davids Votes to Secure U.S. Elections from Foreign Interference", "2019-10-23", "2019", "2019-10", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Representative ShariceDavidsvoted today to pass the SHIELD Act(H.R. 4617),a set of common-sense, bipartisan solutions to counter foreign interference in U.S. electionsand strengthen our democracy.\nFree and fair elections are the basis of our democracy. We know thatforeign adversarieslaunched successful attackson our elections in 2016.And ourIntelligence Community, including the sitting FBI director, has made it clear thattheyaretrying to do it again. That's why I voted to pass the SHIELD Act, which would strengthen laws to protect our elections and democracy from foreign intervention. With 2020 quicklyapproaching, I urge the Senate to act on this critical piece of legislation now,Davidssaid.\nThe SHIELD Act protects U.S. elections from foreign interference by:\n Creating a duty to report illicit offers of campaign assistance from foreign governments and their agents.\n\tImproving transparency of online political advertisements.\n\tClosingloopholes that allow foreign nationals and foreign governments to spend in U.S. elections.\n\tRestricting the exchange of campaign information between candidates and foreign governments and their agents.\n\tProhibitingdeceptive practices about voting procedures.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sharice-davids-votes-secure-us-elections-foreign-interference"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.688489992171526, "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"}