{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-supports-protecting-parental-rights-act", "Johnson Supports \u201cProtecting Parental Rights Act\u201d", "2022-02-11", "2022", "2022-02", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) signed on as an original cosponsor of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler's (R-WA-03) Protecting Parental Rights Act.\n\nThis legislation seeks to halt anti-parental rights legislation that has emerged in states like California that would allow children 12 years of age and older to obtain the vaccine without approval from a parent. Additionally, in multiple states across the U.S., (list HERE) minors can in certain cases receive the COVID-19 vaccine without approval or consent from a parent or guardian.\n\n\"I believe in the COVID-19 vaccine, but I also believe in parental rights,\" said Johnson. \"Parents should be involved in the medical decisions of their children \u2013 no doctor or state elected official should take that responsibility away from the family unit. Children have been left behind throughout this pandemic, and it needs to stop.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:57:46Z"]], "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://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-supports-protecting-parental-rights-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.575323287397623, "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"}