{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=DFE69B02-0E98-418D-A6AE-AB0999A629FE", "Rep. Norcross Votes to Protect Marriage Equality for Same-Sex and Interracial Couples", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Donald Norcross", "N000188", "norcross.house.gov", "norcross", "https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases", "page_html", "Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) delivered the following speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives before voting to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill enshrines the right of same-sex and interracial couples to marry under federal law in states that might decline to recognize certain marriages should existing protections be rolled back. The Respect for Marriage Act now heads to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cThank you, Mr. Speaker.\n\n\u201cI rise today to speak on behalf of marriage equality.\n\n\u201cAlthough the bills we write and pass regularly affect millions of lives, rarely is the legislation we vote on so personal as the bill we pass today: the Respect for Marriage Act.\n\n\u201cMy daughter and her wife are two of the estimated 26 million Americans whose freedom to marry will be protected by this bill.\n\n\u201cTheir son \u2013 my one-year-old grandson \u2013 can now grow up without risk of his family being torn apart.\n\n\u201cLove is a precious thing, and now my daughters know that our nation respects their marriage.\n\n\u201cYou cannot legislate love. But you can give love the protection of our laws.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=DFE69B02-0E98-418D-A6AE-AB0999A629FE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6762829143553972, "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"}