{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://gosar.house.gov/press-release/rep-gosar-introduces-bipartisan-bill-capture-isis-terrorists", "Rep. Gosar Introduces Bipartisan Bill  to Capture ISIS Terrorists", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Paul Gosar", "G000565", "gosar.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after introducing legislation amending the State Department\u2019s Rewards for Justice Program to require the Secretary of State to offer a $5,000,000 cash reward to individuals who provide information leading to the arrest or conviction of any person involved with the kidnapping and murder of American citizens\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      \r\r\t\r\r\t\t\r\r\t\t\t\r\r\t\t\t\tFor Immediate Release \r\r\t\t\t\t\tDate: Nov. 20, 2014\r\r\t\t\t\r\r\t\t\t\u00a0\r\r\t\t\t\r\r\t\t\t\tContact: Steven D. Smith\r\r\t\t\t\t\tSteven.Smith@mail.house.gov\r\r\t\t\t\r\r\t\t\r\r\t\r\r\r\r  \r\r\tRep. Gosar Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Capture ISIS Terrorists  \r\r\t\u201cTheir days are numbered. I want them to know that when you harm innocent Americans, justice will follow close behind\u201d\r\r Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04)\u00a0released the following statement after introducing legislation amending the State Department\u2019s Rewards for Justice Program to require the Secretary of State to offer a $5,000,000 cash reward to individuals who provide information leading to the arrest or conviction of any person involved with the kidnapping and murder of American citizens:\r\r\u201cThe horrific publicized murders of our citizens is unacceptable. We need to find these\u00a0thugs and bring them to justice. This reward money will give incentive for these terrorists to turn on each other. The first to\u00a0come to us\u00a0will be rewarded well so we can bring the others to justice.\r\r\u201cTheir days are numbered. I want them to know that when you harm innocent Americans, justice will follow close behind. In order to take the fight to those who commit such evil, I have introduced legislation that will put a bounty on the heads of\u00a0anyone involved with the kidnapping\u00a0and murder of American citizens\u2014including the ISIS soldiers who murdered Americans James Foley, Peter Kassig and Steven Sotloff.\r\r\u201cThis legislation has two primary purposes. The first is to incentivize any person living in tyranny and oppression who may be brave enough to stand up for what is right and help the U.S. bring these terrorists\u00a0to justice. The second is to deter ISIS and other foreign terrorist organizations from continuing their murderous, deranged ways.\u00a0The kidnapping and murdering of our citizens will not be tolerated and Congress must pass effective legislation that will ensure swift punishment for those who harm innocent Americans.\u201d\u00a0\r\rBackground:\r\rThe full text of Congressman Gosar\u2019s legislation can be found\u00a0HERE.\r\rThe U.S. Senate unanimously approved a similar bill, S. 2778, on September 18, 2014, with Senators Rubio (Florida), Ayotte (New Hampshire), Cruz (Texas), Nelson (Florida) and Shaheen (New Hampshire) ushering its passage.\u00a0\r\rPrevious amendments to the Rewards for Justice Program required no new spending. According to the FY2015 Budget Request, \u201cfunding for the expansion of the Rewards Program is provided from currently available resources and [existing] transfer authorities.\u201d\u00a0\r\rCongressman Gosar\u2019s legislation has fourteen original cosponsors including Trent Franks (AZ-08), Brad Sherman (CA-30), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Ron DeSantis (FL-06), David Schweikert (AZ-06), Matt Salmon (AZ-05), Mick Mulvaney (SC-05), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Chris Stewart (UT-02), Jim Bridenstine (OK-01), Paul Cook (CA-08), Steve Stockman (TX-36), Ted Yoho (FL-03) and Robert Hurt (VA-05).\r\r\u00a0###", 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": ["http://gosar.house.gov/press-release/rep-gosar-introduces-bipartisan-bill-capture-isis-terrorists"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5372128691524267, "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"}