{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/foushee-ross-adams-and-davis-reintroduce-legislation-to-increase-congressional-redistricting-transparency-and-accountability", "Foushee, Ross, Adams, and Davis, Reintroduce Legislation to Increase Congressional Redistricting Transparency and Accountability", "2025-11-04", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Valerie P. Foushee", "F000477", "foushee.house.gov", "foushee", "https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC (November 4, 2025) \u2014 Today, U.S. Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Don Davis (NC-01) reintroduced the Redistricting Transparency and Accountability Act in response to the North Carolina General Assembly\u2019s latest partisan redistricting plan. Last month, Republican lawmakers pushed through a new congressional map designed to give their party an additional seat and deny fair representation to Eastern North Carolina.\n\nAmong other necessary reforms, the legislation would establish extensive opportunities for public input in redistricting decisions, require disclosures regarding individuals and groups that participate in the map-drawing process, and designate criteria to ensure transparency in mapmaking\u2014including the publication of criteria used to draw maps and analysis of how any proposed map would impact certain diverse populations.\n\n\u201cNow more than ever, hyper-partisan state legislatures across the country are attempting to manipulate voting maps to rig our nation\u2019s elections. This diluting of the voices of voters disenfranchises thousands of Americans and violates the values that this nation was built on,\u201d said Congresswoman Foushee. \u201cNorth Carolinians are all too familiar with partisan maps, and our state deserves better. I\u2019m proud to join the North Carolina Democratic delegation in reintroducing this piece of legislation to hold state legislatures accountable while increasing transparency and providing opportunities for the public to be involved in the redistricting process.\u201d\n\n\u201cNorth Carolina is a purple state through and through, but for more than a decade, Republicans in the General Assembly have sought to maximize their power by silencing North Carolina voters, repeatedly blocking every effort to institute fair maps and equal representation,\u201d said Congresswoman Ross. \u201cThey are scared they cannot win elections in our state, so they want to rig the game instead. That\u2019s why we are introducing this bill \u2013 to send a clear signal that North Carolinians deserve maps that are drawn with accountability, fairness, and public input.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am proud to join Congresswoman Ross and the North Carolina Democratic delegation in introducing the Redistricting Transparency and Accountability Act because the people, not politicians, should pick who represents them in office,\u201d said Congresswoman Adams. \u201cRepublican lawmakers in North Carolina have shown they will lock the voices, votes, and values of their constituents out of the redistricting process to further rig our democracy in their favor. North Carolinians deserve transparency, fairness, and accountability in the redistricting process and this bill is an important step to ensuring our elections remain free and fair.\"\n\n\u201cWhile eastern North Carolinians are trying to make ends meet and provide for their families, politicians are focused on redrawing congressional maps for partisan gain,\u201d said Congressman Davis. \u201cWe must ensure maximum transparency and public input in redistricting efforts, to ensure state governments are not taking power away from the people, where it belongs.\u201d", 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://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/foushee-ross-adams-and-davis-reintroduce-legislation-to-increase-congressional-redistricting-transparency-and-accountability"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9386149942874908, "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"}