{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases/edwards-only-american-citizens-should-determine-representation-congress", "Edwards: Only American citizens should determine representation in Congress", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Chuck Edwards", "E000246", "edwards.house.gov", "edwards", "https://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced the No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act to prohibit anyone who is not a United States citizen from counting toward the population totals that determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nThe No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act would take effect following the 2030 decennial census and any censuses thereafter, and would achieve the following:\n\nProhibit the U.S. Census Bureau from counting non-U.S. citizens toward population totals that determine the number of representatives each state is given in the U.S. House.\n\nNullify President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cExecutive Order on Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census,\u201d which ordered that illegal immigrants and non-permanent residents be counted in the total population used to determine the number of House seats for each state (Jan. 20, 2021).\n\n\u201cThe No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act is a commonsense solution to restore and strengthen our democracy by making sure that only American citizens \u2013 not immigrants who are ineligible to vote \u2013 determine the number of congressional seats each state has,\u201d said Congressman Edwards. \u201cCongressional representation affects our policies, our people and the course of our nation\u2019s history. Americans deserve representation that accurately reflects the number of persons actually eligible to vote in each state.\u201d\n\nA 2020 Pew Research study found that according to the 2020 Census data, Texas, Florida and California would each lose one congressional seat, and Alabama, Minnesota and Ohio would each gain one congressional seat if unauthorized immigrants were not included in the population count.\n\nEndorsements:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases/edwards-only-american-citizens-should-determine-representation-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.8221681024879217, "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"}