{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-join-effort-to-ban-federal-mask-mandates/", "Barrasso, Lummis Join Effort to Ban Federal Mask Mandates", "2023-09-07", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) in introducing legislation to prevent the government from imposing new federal mask mandates for domestic air travel, public transit systems, and in schools.\n\nThe Freedom to Breathe Act would also prevent air carriers, public transit authorities, and all educational institutions from refusing service to those who choose not to wear face masks.\n\nOn Thursday, Senate Democrats blocked the legislation from being passed unanimously on the Senate floor.\n\n\u201cThe Freedom to Breathe Act is a commonsense step in protecting individual liberties and preserving states\u2019 rights,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cIt is not the role of the federal government to mandate masks on airlines, transit authorities, or in schools. This important legislation ensures people in Wyoming and across the country aren\u2019t forced to follow an impractical, unreasonable mask mandate. The rights of every American must be protected from one-size-fits-all Washington mandates.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf this administration is uninterested in defending the American people\u2019s individual liberties and states\u2019 rights from misguided and ineffective federal mask mandates, then it is up to Congress to preserve these sacred rights,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cI\u2019m proud to cosponsor this commonsense legislation which shields the people of Wyoming from unfounded mandates handed down from out-of-touch D.C. bureaucrats.\u201d\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-join-effort-to-ban-federal-mask-mandates/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9051109664142132, "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"}