{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=8F763919-A684-4B23-86D0-F8FF75E03859", "Hayes Joins Task Force Effort to Push Republican Leadership to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic", "2023-10-27", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Jahana Hayes", "H001081", "hayes.house.gov", "hayes", "https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), the Deputy Whip of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, signed a letter urging action on legislation to prevent gun violence.\n\nFor years, Congresswoman Hayes and House Democrats have worked with survivors of gun violence, prioritized gun safety, and introduced legislation to make communities safer.\n\nFollowing the mass shooting in Maine, Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, responded saying, \u201cThis is a dark time in America. \u2026Prayer is appropriate in a time like this.\u201d\n\nSpeaker Johnson also averted questions on gun legislation he would support and said now \u201cis not the time to be talking about legislation.\u201d\n\nIn 2023 Congresswoman Hayes:\n\nLed the reintroduction of the Handgun Permit to Purchase Act, legislation to incentivize state and local governments to implement permit to purchase laws that require individuals to obtain a license before purchasing a handgun.\n\nIntroduced the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act to allow the public and policymakers to gain a complete, accurate picture of gun violence in and around school campuses and provide actionable data to help prevent these tragic incidents.\n\nSigned three discharge petitions to force a vote on common sense gun violence prevention measures \u2013 the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, Enhanced Background Checks Act, and the Assault Weapons Ban.\n\nIt is far past time, but not too late, to address the issue of gun violence.\n\nCongresswoman Hayes joined fellow members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force leadership team to release a statement which says in part, \u201cUnder the Republican-led House of Representatives, there have been ZERO votes on bills that would protect our communities from the impact of gun violence\u2026In the last Congress, House Democrats passed 11 gun violence prevention bills ranging from the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and a federal Red Flag Law to an Assault Weapon Ban and stronger safe storage laws. House Democrats have been tirelessly working to keep our communities safe,\u201d\n\nRead the full statement from Gun Violence Prevention Task Force leadership here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=8F763919-A684-4B23-86D0-F8FF75E03859"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0433783754706383, "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"}