{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roys-statement-hr-3492-protect-childrens-innocence-act-0", "Rep. Roy's Statement on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Chip Roy", "R000614", "roy.house.gov", "roy", "https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Wednesday afternoon on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act:\n\n\"Today, in consideration of H.R. 3492, the Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act, which would criminalize those providing so-called \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d to children, I had planned to offer an amendment to partially address my concerns about its prospects of passage in the Senate and potential constitutional challenges the act will face.\n\nI will not offer the amendment, however, to avoid any confusion about how united Republicans are in protecting children from these grotesque procedures.\n\nAs I have long made clear, the trans agenda is abhorrent and should be criminalized. To succeed and to be effective, we must ensure the language we are adopting avoids potential pitfalls, from the expansive uses of the Commerce Clause to definitions and provisions that might invite constitutional challenge. It was my belief\u2014and remains my belief\u2014that my amendment was a path to increase the likelihood of passage in the Senate and success in the courts.\n\nHouse leadership has known for a long time there were concerns about the legislation among members, many faith-based groups, and knowledgeable lawyers, and should have addressed those concerns before bringing the measure to a vote. Doing so would have avoided any confusion about our unity on this matter.\"", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roys-statement-hr-3492-protect-childrens-innocence-act-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.32996984757483, "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"}