{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://loudermilk.house.gov/2025/12/17/rep-loudermilk-advances-three-key-pieces-of-legislation/", "Rep. Loudermilk Advances Three Key Pieces of Legislation", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Barry Loudermilk", "L000583", "loudermilk.house.gov", "loudermilk", "https://loudermilk.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2025) | \u2013 Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Financial Services passed three of his bills, The New BANK Act (H.R. 6551), the American FIRST Act (H.R. 6550), and the Respect State Housing Laws Act (H.R. 1078).\n\n\u201cContinuing my longstanding commitment to Georgian\u2019s freedom to choose between a broad array of financial institutions, and to have those institutions free from foreign influence, I introduced the New BANK Act and the American FIRST Act. These bills, which have just passed the House Committee on Financial Services, will help protect a competitive banking market that places Americans first.\n\n\u201cDuring the Covid pandemic, Congress passed legislation that included a provision which overrides state eviction-notice laws. This federal regulation was supposed to provide a singular grace period during the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act eviction moratorium, which has since ended, but a drafting error caused the provision to remain in place permanently. This federal overreach has negatively affected Georgians, especially veterans, retirees, and families who depend on rental income to make ends meet. My Respect State Housing Laws Act, which has passed the House Committee on Financial Services, will remove the federal government from these proceedings and return housing policies back to the states, where they belong.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nNew BANK Act:\n\n\u2013 Strengthen accountability and improve clarity in how federal banking regulators operate by requiring annual reports on the bank charter application process.\n\n\u2013 Congress will be more equipped to detect inefficiency and favoritism in the banking sector, in the interest of providing the American borrower with a multitude of fair options across national banks, state banks, and credit unions.\n\nAmerican FIRST Act:\n\n\u2013 Increase transparency, accountability, and congressional oversight of U.S. regulators\u2019 involvement in global standard-setting bodies.\n\n\u2013 Require the annual reporting of interactions between federal banking supervisory agencies and global financial regulatory or supervisory forums.\n\n\u2013 This legislation is necessary, as recent international regulatory regimes have threatened the independence of the American banking sector.", 1, "2026-06-27T20:01:11Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"]], "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://loudermilk.house.gov/2025/12/17/rep-loudermilk-advances-three-key-pieces-of-legislation/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4473970513790846, "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"}