{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-vasquez-calls-us-dot-restore-consumer-protections-air-travelers-ahead-peak", "Rep. Vasquez Calls on U.S. DOT to Restore Consumer Protections for Air Travelers Ahead of Peak Holiday Travel", "2025-11-24", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Gabe Vasquez", "V000136", "vasquez.house.gov", "vasquez", "https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Ahead of the upcoming peak in holiday travel, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM\u201102) called on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Duffy to restore a rule that requires airlines to compensate travelers anywhere from $200 to $775 for flight delays and cancellations.\n\nThe letter from Rep. Vasquez, Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and dozens of other Democratic lawmakers to the Secretary of Transportation noted that the rule they are seeking to restore would require \u201cairlines to provide free meals, lodging and rebooking in cases where domestic flight changes were under the carrier\u2019s control, such as a mechanical issue.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t rocket science. Flights are expensive, and flight delays and cancellations are frustrating,\u201d said Vasquez. \u201cMany New Mexicans are out of luck and out of money when these preventable delays and cancellations happen, and they must be compensated, just as they would in any other industry. Let\u2019s restore the rule and restore faith in air travel.\u201d\n\nThis effort builds on Vasquez\u2019s record of working to hold corporations accountable for rising costs and protecting hardworking New Mexicans from footing the bill.\n\nThe Congressman\u2019s demand that the DOT restore these consumer protections comes as air travelers face all-time record delays and air traffic controllers recover from shutdown staffing shortages nationwide. This week, an estimated 6 million Americans are projected to take domestic flights during the Thanksgiving travel period.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-vasquez-calls-us-dot-restore-consumer-protections-air-travelers-ahead-peak"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0324036702513695, "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"}