{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/video-senator-moody-blasts-socialists-looking-to-dismantle-our-nations-founding-document-on-constitution-day/", "VIDEO: Senator Moody Blasts Socialists Looking to Dismantle Our Nation\u2019s Founding Document on Constitution Day", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Ashley Moody", "M001244", "www.moody.senate.gov", "moody", "https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Senator Ashley Moody sent a searing message to radical socialists looking to dismantle our nation\u2019s founding principles\u2014not on her watch. On Constitution Day, Senator Moody took to the Senate Floor to honor this remarkable document and urge colleagues to join her in defending the freedom it secures.\n\n\u201cAs our nation celebrates America\u2019s 250th anniversary, Constitution Day reminds us that the promise of liberty declared in 1776 was preserved through the Constitution just a few short years later. Through this transformational document, our Founders created a system of limited government, separated powers, and checks and balances designed to protect our God-given rights and preserve liberty for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Ashley Moody. \u201cWhile there is a growing movement on the Left that seeks to dismantle the guardrails to liberty enumerated in the Constitution, we as Americans must continue to defend the freedom it secures and pass on its principles to the next generation.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThroughout Senator Moody\u2019s career, she has served in each of the three branches of government\u2014from serving as a judge to leading a state executive agency as Florida Attorney General, and now a member of the legislative branch in the U.S. Senate.\n\nSenator Moody is fighting to protect Floridians:\n\nProtecting Religious Freedom: Senator Moody cosponsored the Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act, which would restrict U.S. visas for foreign government officials, terrorists, and other actors responsible for violations of religious freedom.\n\nSecond Amendment Rights: Senator Moody champions the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people with concealed-carry privileges in their home state to exercise them in other states that permit concealed carry, subject to the destination state\u2019s laws.\n\nProtecting Civil Rights: Senator Moody introduced the RECLAIM Act, which would allow federal funds to be clawed back from higher-education institutions found to have violated students\u2019 civil rights.\n\nFighter for Servicemembers\u2019 Property Rights: Senator Moody introduced theServicemember Residence Protection Act, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act so that state adverse-possession or \u201csquatters\u2019 rights\u201d laws would not apply to servicemembers\u2019 homes in the circumstances covered by the bill.\n\nVeterans\u2019 Rights: Senator Moody is a cosponsor of the Veterans Bill of Rights Act, which would require the VA to ensure veterans are clearly informed of their existing rights concerning VA health care, benefits, and services.\n\nSenator Moody is working to instill patriotism in the next generation with her PLEDGE Act, which would require students and staff in Washington D.C. schools to begin each day with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.\n\nDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, when many Americans\u2019 constitutional rights were being infringed, Moody, as Florida\u2019s Attorney General, fought to protect Floridians\u2019 freedoms\u2014challenging federal mask and vaccine mandates, fighting CDC restrictions that harmed Florida\u2019s cruise industry, and supporting efforts to safely reopen Florida\u2019s businesses and schools.\n\nView Senator Moody\u2019s full floor remarks here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"]], "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.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/video-senator-moody-blasts-socialists-looking-to-dismantle-our-nations-founding-document-on-constitution-day/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2622340582311153, "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"}