{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-blackburn-introduce-bill-to-allow-concealed-carry-for-prosecutors-federal-judges", "Cotton, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Allow Concealed Carry for Prosecutors, Federal Judges", "2025-10-09", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nOctober 9, 2025\n\nCotton, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Allow Concealed Carry for Prosecutors, Federal Judges\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) introduced legislation to address the increasing threat against federal judges. The Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act expands the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act\u2014which allows current and retired LEOs to carry concealed firearms\u2014to include current and retired state, local, and federal prosecutors, as well as federal judges.\n\n\u201cJudges and prosecutors have been the target of growing threats and violence simply for doing their jobs. They should be able to protect their own lives and their families. Our bill will allow federal judges and prosecutors to defend themselves in a similar way to other law enforcement officers,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\n\u201cNow more than ever, judges and prosecutors are facing threats of violence for upholding the rule of law. The Protecting Our Prosecutors and Judges Act would ensure prosecutors and federal judges can defend their lives and families. I am proud to cosponsor this bill again,\u201d said Senator Blackburn.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe Protecting Our Prosecutors and Judges Act would:\n\nAllow current state, local and federal prosecutors as well as federal judges to carry concealed firearms.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-blackburn-introduce-bill-to-allow-concealed-carry-for-prosecutors-federal-judges"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6802380084991455, "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"}