{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-house-administration-committee-hearing-dc-crime", "Norton Statement on House Administration Committee Hearing on D.C. Crime", "2024-03-21", "2024", "2024-03", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today\u2019s Committee on House Administration hearing purporting to be about crime in D.C., even though crime across almost all measures has declined significantly, demonstrates that the Republican fixation with meddling in local D.C. affairs is undemocratic, paternalistic, irresponsible and unreflective of reality.\n\n\u201cCrime is falling in D.C. across almost all measurements,\u201d Norton said. \u201cIt is ironic that Republicans in Congress, who do not represent D.C., are abusing their undemocratic power over D.C. for a House Administration Committee hearing based on outdated information, in a hearing that serves no legislative purpose. Today\u2019s hearing is a scare tactic and demonstrates the Republican fixation on reducing or eliminating home rule for the District of Columbia.\u201d\n\nToday\u2019s hearing was the fourth hearing on crime in D.C. this Congress. Nine bills this Congress have been marked up or brought directly to the floor by House Republicans to repeal or amend statutes enacted by the duly-elected D.C. Council.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:32:04Z"]], "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-house-administration-committee-hearing-dc-crime"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0662940330803394, "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"}