{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dougcollins.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=500", "Collins Co-Sponsors Surveillance Transparency Legislation", "2013-10-29", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Doug Collins", "C001093", "dougcollins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Media Contact\r\n\r\n\tCollins Co-Sponsors Surveillance Transparency Legislation\r\n\r\n\tNortheast Georgia\u2019s Congressman Says H.R. 3035 is \u201cClear, to the Point, and Enforceable\u201d\r\n\r\n\tWASHINGTON, Oct 29 \u2013 Congressman Doug Collins (GA-09) yesterday evening officially co-sponsored H.R. 3035, the Surveillance Order Reporting Act (SORA).\u00a0 This bipartisan bill is a response to increasing concerns about individual privacy and how much information the federal government requests from Internet and telecommunications providers for alleged national security purposes.\r\n\r\n\tProvisions in SORA allow these service providers to publicly disclose the number of requests for information received by federal government FISA courts, the number of these requests that are met, and the number of users or accounts about which information was requested.\r\n\r\n\tCongressman Collins said, \u201cIn the twenty-first century, we have to strike a balance between protecting civil liberties and vigilant national security.\u00a0\u00a0 With this Administration\u2019s troubling track record on surveillance, we need transparency legislation that is clear, to the point, and enforceable.\u00a0 SORA fills an important need.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tFor complete bill text, click here.\r\n\r\n\t###\r\n\r\n\tNote: Congressman Collins is a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary.", 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://dougcollins.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=500"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6426549516618252, "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"}