{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-introduces-legislation-to-rein-in-the-proxy-advisor-duopoly", "Steil Introduces Legislation to Rein in the Proxy Advisor Duopoly", "2026-04-15", "2026", "2026-04", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington D.C. - Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), introduced the Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act. This legislation will impose new rules on the proxy advisor duopoly that require strong transparency disclosures and prevent conflicts of interest that have tarnished proxy advice and corrupted corporate governance. Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) is an original cosponsor of this bill.\n\n\u201cToo often, proxy advisors have encouraged votes that run counter to the economic interests of retirees and seniors. Investment advisors and pension funds should be focused on securing your retirement, not advancing their political agenda,\u201d said Steil. \u201cMy bill will bring accountability and transparency to the proxy advisor duopoly and help end the politicization of Americans\u2019 retirement funds. I\u2019d like to thank Congresswoman Wagner in joining me on this important legislation.\"\n\nThe Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act will:\n\nProvide transparency and accountability to the proxy advisory industry, prohibit robo-voting, prohibit the inherent conflict of interest associated with consulting services, and require proxy advisory firm clients to issue annual public reports on their proxy voting.\n\nRequire large asset managers to explain how they use proxy advisor recommendations and put their customers\u2019 economic interests first.", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:19:40Z"]], "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://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-introduces-legislation-to-rein-in-the-proxy-advisor-duopoly"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.087570261210203, "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"}