{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lee.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-protects-american-businesses-from-revenge-lawsuits-by-climate-extremists", "Lee Bill Protects American Businesses from Revenge Lawsuits by Climate Extremists", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "www.lee.senate.gov", "mikelee", "https://www.lee.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation today to protect Americans from lawfare by climate extremists. The Fair Air Enforcement Act will stop the weaponization of the judicial system by outlawing citizen suits under the Clean Air Act, which has been used by political groups to hurt Americans and their businesses.\n\n\u201cClimate extremists are weaponizing our judicial system against Americans and their small businesses,\u201d said Senator Mike Lee. \u201cIt\u2019s time for this to stop. Americans deserve the freedom to do as they please with their own property without fearing crushing regulations. The Fair Air Enforcement Act will prevent partisan political groups from abusing the legal process to drag private citizens and industries through frivolous lawsuits.\u201d\n\nThe Fair Air Enforcement Act:\n\nAmends the Clean Air Act to prohibit lawsuits by private citizens alleging violations of its provisions.\n\nRequires such enforcement lawsuits to be brought by state governments and relevant agencies.\n\nMakes conforming changes to other sections of U.S. code referencing the amended provision.\n\nRead full text of the Fair Air Enforcement Act here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.lee.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-protects-american-businesses-from-revenge-lawsuits-by-climate-extremists"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0902569629251957, "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"}