{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-lankfords-respect-act-passes-senate", "Senator Lankfords RESPECT Act Passes Senate", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Lankford", "L000575", "www.lankford.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.30.17\n\t\t\t Senator Lankford\u2019s RESPECT Act Passes Senate \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Senator James Lankford (R-OK)\u2019s Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes\u00a0(RESPECT) Act was adopted by the Senate by unanimous consent. The bill\u00a0would repeal several outdated, offensive federal laws against Native Americans, including unenforced laws currently in place subjecting Native Americans to forced labor.\u00a0Specific to Oklahoma, the bill would repeal a 100-year old law that allowed for the forced removal of Native American children from their homes to attend boarding schools without the consent of the child\u2019s parents.\u00a0\r\n\u201cSenate passage of the RESPECT Act takes us one step closer to removing old, disgraceful laws that have not been enforced for generations,\u201d said Lankford. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the Senate for passing this bill that addresses the important significance to repeal these outdated, offensive laws.\u201d\r\nLankford cosponsored the\u00a0RESPECT\u00a0Act during the 114th Congress, where it passed out of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee unanimously. Due to time constraints on the Senate Calendar, it was not voted on by the full Senate in 2016.\u00a0The bill was originally introduced by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD).\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-lankfords-respect-act-passes-senate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2700329534709454, "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"}