{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-bill-protecting-elections-passes-committee", "Palmer Bill Protecting Elections Passes Committee", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Gary J. Palmer", "P000609", "palmer.house.gov", "palmer", "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Following the passage of the Citizen Ballot Protection Act out of the House Committee on Administration, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement:\n\n\u201cFree and fair elections are something the citizens of this nation expect. However, slowly but surely, noncitizens around the country are being given the ability to participate in a process sacredly reserved for citizens. This creates endless opportunities for fraud, which will counteract restoring faith in the American election process,\u201d said Rep. Palmer. \u201cThe American people should be certain their vote is not being erased by noncitizens. My bill passing in committee is the first step in amending the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to give states the ability to verify the citizenship status of their voters when they register. I look forward to seeing the Citizen Ballot Protection Act being passed on the House floor.\u201d", 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://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-bill-protecting-elections-passes-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6527879051864147, "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"}