{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-leads-wi-house-delegation-remembrance-waukesha-christmas-parade", "Fitzgerald Leads WI House Delegation in Remembrance of Waukesha Christmas Parade Victims & Introduces Bill to Keep Violent Offenders Off Our Streets", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "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) led the entire Wisconsin House delegation in reintroducing a bipartisan House Resolution honoring the victims of the devastating attack on the Waukesha Christmas Parade in 2021. Congressman Fitzgerald also introduced the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, legislation aimed at combating radical bail policies by subjecting bail bonds to insurance fraud laws.\n\n\u201cFour years ago, during Waukesha\u2019s 58th annual Christmas parade, a horrific act of violence took the lives of six innocent people: Wilhelm Hospel, Virginia Sorenson, LeAnna Owen, Tamara Durand, Jane Kulich and Jackson Sparks,\u201d said Congressman Scott Fitzgerald. \u201cToday, it was an honor to introduce a resolution alongside my colleagues in Wisconsin\u2019s House delegation to honor their memory and recognize the resilience the community of Waukesha has shown in the years since this tragedy. Through a mural, a statue, and a soon-to-be-unveiled sculpture, Waukesha has preserved the legacy of those who are no longer with us, while offering hope as healing continues.\u201d\n\nRead the House Resolution text here.\n\nCongressman Fitzgerald\u2019s bill, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, would bring transparency and accountability to charitable bail funds by requiring them to comply with federal insurance fraud laws and background check requirements.\n\n\u201cI introduced the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act with the tragic incident that happened in Waukesha in mind. For too long, weak and radical bail policies have allowed left-wing groups to aggressively solicit funds to pay bail with little regard to the criminal histories of those they\u2019re putting back on the streets,\u201d said Congressman Fitzgerald. \u201cThis legislation strengthens accountability in the bail process and helps ensure violent criminals are not released because of soft-on-crime policies. We must do everything we can to make sure that what happened at the Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021 never happens again. We will never forget the six lives lost that day.\u201d\n\nRead the bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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-leads-wi-house-delegation-remembrance-waukesha-christmas-parade"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8152851369231939, "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"}