{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-co-chair-quiet-skies-caucus-says-she-disappointed-unsurprised-rules", "Norton, Co-Chair of Quiet Skies Caucus, Says She is Disappointed but Unsurprised Rules Committee Excluded Her Amendments to FAA Reauthorization Bill", "2023-07-18", "2023", "2023-07", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 After her amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill were excluded by the Rules Committee late last night and an amendment filed by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) to increase the number of flights to Reagan National Airport was advanced, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, said she is disappointed but unsurprised that the Republican-controlled House chose to prioritize the temporary comfort of members of Congress over passenger safety and equality for D.C.\n\nNorton filed two floor amendments, neither of which were approved by the Rules Committee to be considered on the floor. The first was to strengthen language regarding review of Emergency Medical Kits on commercial airlines and the other was to require all provisions in the bill to treat D.C. as a state and provide all the opportunities and protections of any other state. Rep. Owens\u2019 amendment to add seven round-trip flights per day to Reagan National Airport, an effort Norton opposes due to the expected increases in aircraft noise and congestion, was advanced by the Committee and will be considered on the House floor.\n\n\u201cI am disappointed but unsurprised that the Republican Rules Committee chose to prioritize Rep. Owens\u2019 short-sighted amendment, which would only benefit a few members of Congress, over my amendments which would have provided stronger health and safety measures for the flying public and treat D.C. equal to the states.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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/press-releases/norton-co-chair-quiet-skies-caucus-says-she-disappointed-unsurprised-rules"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8143046870827675, "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"}