{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-cracks-down-texting-scams", "House Cracks Down on Texting Scams", "2016-11-16", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This week, the U.S. House of Representatives\u00a0passed legislation to crack down on texting scams. Laws that prohibit scam artists from spoofing telephone numbers on telephone calls are already on the books.\nThe\u00a0legislation passed this week\u00a0makes it a crime to spoof telephone numbers on text messages.\nCongressman John Moolenaar (R-Midland) voted for the legislation.\n\"It is important to update our laws as technology changes. This modernized law will ensure that criminals who use text messages to steal from the vulnerable will be fully prosecuted under\u00a0the law,\" said Moolenaar.\u00a0\nThe legislation passed the House on an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote and\u00a0it now goes to the Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-cracks-down-texting-scams"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.601103089749813, "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"}