{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-stands-second-amendment-rights", "Newhouse Stands Up for Second Amendment Rights", "2022-04-19", "2022", "2022-04", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after joining Reps. Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and 13 others in introducing H.R. 7493, the Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act, to protect the rights of responsible firearm owners.\n\n\u201cThe Second Amendment codified Americans\u2019 right to keep and bear arms, and that right should not be considered circumstantial,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cThis legislation will ensure that, even when they may be struggling financially, responsible gun owners across America are still able to access their firearms as guaranteed by the United States Constitution.\u201d\n\n\u201cAn American\u2019s right to protect themselves and their family is not conditioned on their financial standing. People fall on hard times, but their fundamental rights afforded under the Second Amendment are ensured by our Constitution and must be protected,\u201d said Rep. Jacobs. \u201cI am proud to lead this effort in the House to ensure any law-abiding American can continue to defend themselves despite financial hardship, and I will continue my work to protect and defend the Second Amendment.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am proud to sponsor legislation to ensure gunowners can always maintain their Constitutional right to bear arms,\u201d said Rep. Stefanik. \u201cThe government should not be allowed to take advantage of lawful gunowners who have declared bankruptcy.\u201d\n\nClick here to read the full text of H.R. 7493, the Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act (H.R. 7493) would modify federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.\n\nThe legislation was originally cosponsored by Representatives Jacobs (NY-27), Newhouse (WA-04), Weber (TX-14), Mooney (WV-02), Van Drew (NJ-02), Garbarino (NY-02), Stefanik (NY-21), Tenney (NY-22), Mullin (OK-02), Gosar (AZ-04), McKinley (WV-01), Budd (NC-13), Norman (SC-05), Feenstra (IA-04), Cawthorn (NC-11), and Herrell (NM-02).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:19:30Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-stands-second-amendment-rights"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8284840043634176, "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"}