{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-senate-votes-sen-rand-pauls-defend-our-capital-act-amendment-budget-reconciliation-bill/", "Senate Votes on Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s \u201cDefend Our Capital Act\u201d Amendment to Budget Reconciliation Bill", "2015-12-03", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Rand Paul delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor tonight urging his colleagues to support his amendment No. 2915 to H.R.3761, Restoring American\u2019s Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015. The amendment, known as the Defend Our Capital Act of 2015, would remove existing restrictive firearm ownership laws in the District of Columbia, and require the District of Columbia to issue and grant reciprocity for concealed weapons permits for both residents and non-residents.\n\nThe vote, which needed 60 to pass, was 54-45.\n\nClick HERE to read the Defend Our Capital Act in its entirety. Top-line bullet points and background information for the legislation can be found HERE.\n\nThe video and transcript of Sen. Paul\u2019s remarks can be found below.\n\nCLICK HERE TO WATCH SEN. PAUL\u2019S FLOOR SPEE CH\n\nTRANSCRIPT\n\nSen. Paul: Last week, the District of Columbia Police Chief said that if you see an active shooter, take them down.\n\nThe problem is it\u2019s very difficult to own a gun in D.C., and it\u2019s nearly impossible to be able to have a gun with you if you were to see an active shooter.\n\nSo my amendment would create a District of Columbia concealed carry permit program. It would also allow national reciprocity for concealed carry.\n\nAnd it would also allow active duty forces to carry concealed carry on Department of Defense properties.\n\nAnd I ask the Senate and those Senators who believe in self-defense to vote for this amendment.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:33:33Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-senate-votes-sen-rand-pauls-defend-our-capital-act-amendment-budget-reconciliation-bill/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6758759263902903, "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"}