{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://riggleman.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-denver-riggleman-gives-speech-defending-2nd-amendment", "Congressman Denver Riggleman Gives Speech Defending the 2nd Amendment", "2019-12-05", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Denver Riggleman", "R000611", "riggleman.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. -Congressman Denver Riggleman gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives this afternoon defending the 2nd Amendment and the citizens coming to its defense.\n\"I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and I am proud to stand with the people that are speaking up for all of us,\" said Congressman Riggleman. \"I support this movement with my whole heart.\"\nCongressman Riggleman's speech comes as counties across the Commonwealth of Virginia become Second Amendment Sanctuaries following proposed legislation fromthe Virginia State Assembly that would limit the ability of Virginians to keep firearms.\nYou can watch Congressman Riggleman'sspeech here, and a full transcript can be found below.\n\n  \n  \n\tThank you Madam Speaker,\n40 Virginia localities have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries, resolving to support the Constitution and stand against infringements on the Second Amendment.\nAcross my district, thousands of citizens are rallying outside the meetings of their local government to show their strong support for the rights of gun owners.\nVirginia has always been a cradle of constitutional rights. There is no divide between our rural and urban populations, all of us want to defend our rights as citizens of the United States of America.\nI represent the same district that James Madison represented in the 1st Congress. He understood American's rights to bear arms when he wrote it into our Constitution.\nI am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and I am proud to stand with the people that are speaking up for their constitutional rights and for the commonwealth of Virginia. James Madison would be proud, I know I am.\nThank you and I yield back the balance of my time.", 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://riggleman.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-denver-riggleman-gives-speech-defending-2nd-amendment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8303658105432987, "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"}