{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-bill-to-end-airline-extortion/", "Hawley Introduces Bill to End Airline Extortion", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the End Airline Extortion Act which would protect Americans from predatory airline practices regarding fares and additional fees.\n\n\u201cAirline companies treat their customers like cattle. It\u2019s offensive. They charge fliers different prices for the same flights \u2013 and sometimes different prices for bags and carry-ons. Now they\u2019re paying their employees bounties to harass customers trying to get on the plane. It\u2019s wrong. And frankly, it needs to be illegal,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\nLast week, Senator Hawley confronted executives of America\u2019s major airlines for charging billions in nonsensical fees and harassing passengers who have already paid for their flights.\n\nThe End Airline Extortion Act would:\n\nProhibit airlines from paying \u201cbounties\u201d or other incentives to employees if they require passengers to pay additional fees for baggage, seating, or other services as a condition of boarding a flight.\n\nBan discriminatory pricing by barring airlines from using personal characteristics\u2014such as sex, family status, or disability status\u2014as a basis for charging higher prices for fares or fees to passengers on the same flight.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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-introduces-bill-to-end-airline-extortion/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8991826325654984, "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"}