{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://paulsen.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=1832", "U.S. Senate Passes Paulsen-authored Legislation to Help Find Missing Children", "2016-06-16", "2016", "2016-06", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Erik Paulsen", "P000594", "paulsen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The U.S. Senate approved the Recovering Missing Children Act, legislation authored by Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) to help law enforcement locate and rescue missing children, by unanimous consent Thursday afternoon. The bill, which passed the House last month, allows law enforcement to access tax information that would help investigators locate abducted children. A government study found that this information could result in case-breaking information in 46% of missing children investigations.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cOnly the President\u2019s signature is needed to provide law enforcement with a critical tool in finding missing and abducted children,\u201d said Paulsen. \u201cThis legislation fills the \u2018information gap\u2019 that investigators often face when trying to reunite a child with their loved ones.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tPaulsen recently authored an op-ed in the Star Tribune calling for the passage of the legislation.\r\n\r\n\tPaulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.\r\n\r\n\tFor more information on Congressman Paulsen\u2019s work in Congress visit Paulsen.house.gov.\r\n\r\n\t####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://paulsen.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=1832"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7557840328663588, "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"}