{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-diana-harshbargers-homeland-security-transparency-bill-passes", "Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger\u2019s Homeland Security Transparency Bill Passes the House of Representatives", "2021-09-29", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Diana Harshbarger", "H001086", "harshbarger.house.gov", "harshbarger", "https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Contract and Reporting Act of 2021, sponsored by Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill requires DHS to provide a public daily report of all DHS headquarters and component contract awards over $4 million dollars and will give Congress and the American people better insight and oversight into how DHS supports its mission.\n\n\u201cToday, I have delivered on my promise to play a part in holding the Biden administration accountable on their self-inflicted border crisis,\u201d said Congresswoman Harshbarger. \u201cThe DHS Contract and Reporting Act will require transparent reporting on contract awards granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so we taxpayers know how our federal tax dollars are being spent. This is important given the disturbing lack of transparency by Biden\u2019s DHS on where migrants are going once they\u2019re released into the United States, including those here in Tennessee. With greater transparency comes greater accountability. The Biden Administration must stop acting in secrecy.\u201d\n\nThis bill is the first sponsored by Congresswoman Harshbarger, a freshman, to pass the House of Representatives. It requires DHS to include key information on these contracts such as:\n\nthe total estimated dollar amount to be spent,\n\nwhether DHS awarded the contract competitively,\n\nwhat company won the contract, and\n\nwhere the work will be performed.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-diana-harshbargers-homeland-security-transparency-bill-passes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5288139693439007, "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"}