{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-legislation-to-end-vagrancy-camps-on-dcs-streets", "Cotton Introduces Legislation to End Vagrancy Camps on DC\u2019s Streets", "2025-07-29", "2025", "2025-07", "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: Caroline Tabler orPatrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nJuly 29, 2025\n\nCotton Introduces Legislation to End Vagrancy Camps on DC\u2019s Streets\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Prohibiting Encampments on Public Grounds Act, legislation that would make it illegal to camp on public property in Washington, DC.\n\n\u201cOur nation\u2019s capital should be a point of pride, not littered with homeless encampments that endanger visitors like the thousands of Arkansans who visit each year. This bill would clean up DC\u2019s public property and allow law enforcement officials to maintain order in the streets of our nation\u2019s capital,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe Prohibiting Encampments on Public Grounds Act would:\n\nMake it unlawful to set up, maintain, or establish a camp or temporary abode on public property in Washington, DC.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "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-introduces-legislation-to-end-vagrancy-camps-on-dcs-streets"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.919257989153266, "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"}