{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-thanks-raskin-for-amendment-to-protect-nation-s-capital-from", "Norton Thanks Raskin for Amendment to Protect Nations Capital from National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill", "2017-11-29", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, for offering an amendment today that would exempt the District of Columbia from a bill (H.R. 38) that would require every jurisdiction to recognize out-of-state concealed carry handgun permits, even though states have different requirements for such permits.\u00a0 Norton spoke in support of the amendment this morning at a House Democratic Caucus meeting.\u00a0 The amendment failed by voice vote.\n\u201cI do not serve on the Judiciary Committee, but Representative Raskin, who has been a leading champion of equality for the District of Columbia, has stepped up to try to stop the insanity of allowing virtually unrestricted concealed carry in the nation\u2019s capital,\u201d Norton said.\u00a0 \u201cThis bill is a threat to the heart of the federal government and local D.C.\u00a0 Considering recent gun massacres from, Sutherland Springs, TX to Las Vegas, NV, it is difficult to believe any national or local legislature would encourage people to carry concealed guns across state lines today.\u00a0 Republicans are so beholden to the National Rifle Association, which has made national concealed carry reciprocity its top priority, they are willing to endanger the President, cabinet, other federal officials, foreign diplomats and the many controversial figures, who regularly frequent our amenities and travel openly in our public places.\u00a0 Representative Raskin\u2019s amendment is necessary, with the permission of the District of Columbia, even if D.C. had statehood.\u201d\nUnder Norton\u2019s D.C. statehood bill, D.C.\u2019s current residential and commercial neighborhoods would become the 51st state, while the federal territory, the nation\u2019s capital, would be reduced in size and consist only of the monumental core of the city, including the White House and Capitol.\u00a0 Norton would support exempting that new nation\u2019s capital from the bill, as well as the new state because those who visit the nation\u2019s capital frequent public places outside of the confines of the Mall and federal buildings.\nNorton continues to fight the two D.C.-specific gun bills that are pending in Congress.\u00a0 One bill, the Second Amendment Enforcement Act, sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Thomas Garrett (R-VA), would eliminate almost all of D.C.\u2019s gun laws.\u00a0 The other, the DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act, sponsored by Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), would require D.C. to recognize out-of-state permits, regardless of a state\u2019s permitting laws.\u00a0 The Congresswoman has succeeded in keeping these bills from becoming law in past Congresses.\nIn light of a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision, concealed carry permit applicants in D.C. no longer need to demonstrate a good reason to carry.\u00a0 However, other D.C. permit requirements, such as training, are still in force.\u00a0 If H.R. 38 were to become law, people with out-of-state carry permits could carry in D.C. without complying with D.C.\u2019s requirements.\n###", 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://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-thanks-raskin-for-amendment-to-protect-nation-s-capital-from"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1002067476511002, "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"}