{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-palmer-introduces-lulus-law", "Rep. Palmer Introduces Lulu's Law", "2024-08-16", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Gary J. Palmer", "P000609", "palmer.house.gov", "palmer", "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "BIRMINGHAM, AL \u2013 Today, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) introduced Lulu\u2019s Law to the U.S. House of Representatives. Lulu\u2019s Law is named after Lulu Gribbin of Mountain Brook, Alabama, who is recovering after being attacked by a shark in June 2024.\n\nOnly 90 minutes prior to Lulu Gribbin and McCray Faust being attacked, another woman was attacked by a shark a few miles away. Lulu\u2019s Law would codify the ability for authorities to quickly deploy wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to the public if someone has been attacked by a shark or if the conditions for a shark attack are present.\n\n\u201cAs a member of Congress, our top priority should be keeping Americans safe. Had an alert gone out, the dreadful shark attack on Lulu could have been prevented,\u201d said Rep. Palmer. \u201cLulu\u2019s tremendous strength, faith, and bravery throughout her healing journey has inspired many. No child should have to go through what she has endured, and no parent should have to watch their children suffer as she has. By passing Lulu\u2019s Law, we are creating a commonsense solution to prevent future attacks from occurring and keep beachgoers out of harm\u2019s way.\u201d\n\nThe Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and sends out local alerts in an effort to provide emergency information to the public. Other WEA alerts include extreme weather warnings, amber alerts, and more.\n\nLulu\u2019s Law is co-sponsored by Reps. Terri Sewell (AL-07), Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Jerry Carl (AL-01), Barry Moore (AL-02), Mike Rogers (AL-03), Dale Strong (AL-05), and Neal Dunn (FL-02).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "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/rep-palmer-introduces-lulus-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3156509958207607, "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"}