{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-applauds-house-passage-of-faster-labor-contracts-act/", "Hawley Applauds House Passage of\u00a0Faster Labor Contracts Act", "2026-06-09", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement celebrating the House of Representatives passing his Faster Labor Contracts Act through a discharge petition:\n\n\u201cWe need real labor reform that puts workers first. For too long, mega corporations have denied workers\u2019 rights and refused to meet them in good faith at the bargaining table. I\u2019m glad to see the House has done the right thing for working-class Americans. The Senate needs to pass my bill and get this done.\u201d\n\nEarlier this Congress, Senator Hawley led a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing the new, Teamsters-endorsed legislation to speed up first contracts for new unions. The legislation would ensure that when workers vote to unionize, a labor agreement ultimately becomes a reality. Cosponsors of the legislation include Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.).\n\nThe Faster Labor Contracts Act would:", 1, "2026-06-11T06:38:38Z", "2026-06-11T06:41:07Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-applauds-house-passage-of-faster-labor-contracts-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7664300501346588, "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"}