{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-scholten-responds-house-republicans-using-womens-safety-push-anti", "Rep. Scholten Responds to House Republicans Using Women\u2019s Safety to Push Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric", "2024-09-18", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Hillary J. Scholten", "S001221", "scholten.house.gov", "scholten", "https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) broke with many members of her party to vote for H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.\n\nRep. Scholten released the following statement explaining her vote to West Michiganders:\n\n\u201cRepublicans brought H.R. 7909 to the Floor knowing it would unnecessarily challenge members\u2013 like myself \u2013 who are fierce advocates both for women\u2019s safety and humane, commonsense approaches to the crisis at the border. This bill does not go nearly far enough to address either issue.\n\n\u201cI voted yes on this bill \u2013 though it is largely redundant \u2013 because I support ANY effort to keep women safe from violence. But, what we really need to move the needle on protecting women are gun safety laws to keep firearms out of abusers\u2019 hands, funding for programs to support survivors, and full funding for VAWA reauthorization. We also need Republicans to stop using the crisis at the border as political fodder and bring the bipartisan border bill for a vote so we can have the 22,000 agents we need to protect the border.\n\n\u201cMy yes vote in no way condones the inflammatory, anti-immigrant rhetoric used by my Republican colleagues, especially as of late, and it does not signal that I think this bill is a true solution to either of these life-threatening issues. My vote merely signals that I agree that anyone who has committed gender-based violence should be held accountable.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-scholten-responds-house-republicans-using-womens-safety-push-anti"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6991209704428911, "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"}