{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=977", "CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER RELEASES STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL\u2019S SIGNING OF \u201cCLEAN SLATE\u201d LAW", "2023-11-16", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Michael Lawler", "L000599", "lawler.house.gov", "lawler", "https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after Governor Hochul signed \u201cClean Slate\u201d into law earlier today.\n\n\u201cIn Governor Kathy Hochul\u2019s New York, criminals come first,\u201d said Congressman Mike Lawler. \u201cThat\u2019s the message she sent loud and clear today by signing the disastrous 'Clean Slate' legislation into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cHiding the criminal records of millions of convicted felons from potential employers and the public, while simultaneously impugning the reputations of heroic law enforcement officers, is absurd public policy,\u201d concluded Congressman Lawler. \u201cThis two-tiered system of transparency, where criminals come first, is wrong, appalling, and must change. 2026 can\u2019t get here soon enough.\u201d\n\nNew York's 17th Congressional District is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=977"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.735467066988349, "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"}