{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-after-republicans-file-six-anti-home-rule-amendments-dc", "Norton Statement After Republicans File Six Anti-Home Rule Amendments to D.C. Appropriations Bill", "2023-11-03", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 After Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) filed six anti-D.C. home rule amendments to the fiscal year 2024 D.C. appropriations bill, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement calling the amendments anti-democratic and vowing to do everything in her power to defeat them.\n\nPfluger filed three of the amendments, Roy filed two, and Good filed one. Pfluger\u2019s first amendment would prohibit D.C. from using its own local funds on signage to designate 16th Street Northwest as \u201cBlack Lives Matter Plaza.\u201d The second would prevent D.C. from using its local funds to allow noncitizens to vote in any local D.C. election. The third aims to prohibit D.C. from using its own local funds to reduce penalties for crimes of violence.\n\nRoy\u2019s first amendment would prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to allow noncitizens to vote. His second amendment would prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to impose or enforce a COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students.\n\nGood filed an amendment that would prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to require an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.\n\n\u201cThese anti-home rule amendments are patronizing and anti-democratic. D.C. will not be used as political fodder for members who would rather spend their time meddling in the District's affairs than working on behalf of their own constituents,\u201d Norton said.\n\n\u201cIf House Republicans cared about democratic principles or D.C. residents, they would bring my D.C. statehood bill, which would give D.C. residents voting representation in Congress and full local self-government, to the floor.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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-statement-after-republicans-file-six-anti-home-rule-amendments-dc"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1366559192538261, "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"}