{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-senate-passage-of-first-step-act", "Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of First Step Act", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Chris Van Hollen", "V000128", "www.vanhollen.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 18, 2018\n\t\t\t Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of First Step Act \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tTonight, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Senate passage of the First Step Act, bipartisan legislation to address criminal justice reform. The Senator cosponsored this legislation.\r\nTonight the Senate took an importantfirststep to reform our broken criminal justice system. The First Step Act is backed by a diverse group of supporters  from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Fraternal Order of Police. It includes crucial reforms to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent crimes, end juvenile solitary confinement, and provide more people with a second chance. While we've got much more to do, I was proud to support this bipartisan bill, and I will continue working to implement more reforms in the days ahead.\r\n\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.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-senate-passage-of-first-step-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.0689029954373837, "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"}