{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-upholds-second-amendment-calls-removal-red-flag-law-ndaa", "Newhouse Upholds Second Amendment, Calls for Removal of Red Flag Law from NDAA", "2021-09-30", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), along with 160 of his colleagues, sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, urging the full removal of a \"red flag\" provision in H.R. 4350, the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during the conference committee process.\n\nThe letter expresses deep concern that if Sec. 529 of the NDAA were to be enacted, the Second Amendment rights of U.S. military servicemembers would be violated by allowing military judges and magistrates to issue military court gun confiscation orders.\n\nThe lawmakers wrote, \"Even more concerning, under this provision, such an order could be issued by a military court on an ex parte basis \u2013 meaning the order could be issued without the servicemember even being present in court to defend themselves. We believe this is a serious breach of due process that demands your full attention.\"\n\nThe lawmakers concluded, \"Every single day, brave American servicemembers serve in harm's way to defend our nation, our way of life, and the very constitutional rights that Sec. 529 would erode. This dangerous provision must be excluded from the final package.\"\n\nRep Newhouse has previously stated that he will not support the final passage of this legislation until these provisions are rightly stripped from the bill.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Rogers, Chairman Reed, and Ranking Member Inhofe:\n\nAs you begin the conference committee process to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, we write to strongly urge you to strike Sec. 529 of the House version, H.R. 4350. We are greatly concerned that if enacted, Sec. 529 would violate the Second Amendment rights of our nation's brave servicemembers by allowing military judges and magistrates to issue military court gun confiscation orders.\n\nEven more concerning, under this provision, such an order could be issued by a military court on an ex parte basis \u2013 meaning the order could be issued without the servicemember even being present in court to defend themselves. We believe this is a serious breach of due process that demands your full attention.\n\nEvery single day, brave American servicemembers serve in harm's way to defend our nation, our way of life, and the very constitutional rights that Sec. 529 would erode. This dangerous provision must be excluded from the final package. Again, we ask for your support to strike Sec. 529 of H.R. 4350 from the final conference report of the FY 2022 NDAA. Thank you for your attention to this important matter and please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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-upholds-second-amendment-calls-removal-red-flag-law-ndaa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8208281360566616, "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"}