{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/senate-unanimously-passes-grassley-backed-bill-to-combat-child-trafficking", "Senate Unanimously Passes Grassley-Backed Bill to Combat Child Trafficking", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the Senate\u2019s unanimous passage of his Preventing Child Trafficking Act. The bipartisan bill would require the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement much-needed anti-child trafficking recommendations. The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration.\n\n\u201cThis is an important bill with an important objective, fostering communication between the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services with the result, we hope, of preventing children from falling prey to the evils of human trafficking,\u201d Grassley said on the Senate floor. \u201cPreventing future instances of trafficking is very, very essential and I\u2019m happy to support this bill\u2019s advancement today.\u201d\n\nVideo of Grassley\u2019s floor remarks is below.\n\nVIDEO", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/senate-unanimously-passes-grassley-backed-bill-to-combat-child-trafficking"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2131680268794298, "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"}