{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-introduces-keeping-violent-offenders-our-streets-act", "Fitzgerald Introduces the\u00a0Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act", "2022-09-21", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act. This legislation ensures pretrial release factors and the development of criminal history reports are considered when assessing bail.\n\n\"Nearly a year ago, the Waukesha community experienced the devastating impact of pro-criminal, weak bail laws. Our community lost 6 lives, including an eight-year-old child, in a Christmas parade attack that could have been prevented, said Congressman Fitzgerald. The perpetrator was previously released on bail despite having a record of aggravated battery and an outstanding warrant for skipping bail for a sex-related crime before he attacked parade-goers. By making these changes, we take an important first step into ensuring prosecutors prevent violent criminals from being released.\"\n\nRead the bill here.\n\nCosponsors:\n\nRep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07), and Rep. Troy Nehls (TX-22)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-introduces-keeping-violent-offenders-our-streets-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.474643126130104, "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"}