{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://love.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=741", "Rep. Love: No More Taxpayer-Funded Settlements for Sexual Harassment", "2017-12-01", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mia Love", "L000584", "love.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 Outraged by the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Mia Love has introduced Stop Taxpayer Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment (STOP) Act in the House of Representatives.\u00a0 The bill would stop the practice of making payments to settle these cases on behalf of members of Congress.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cTaxpayers should not be paying to settle these cases, just because the accused happens to be a member of Congress,\u201d Rep. Love said.\u00a0 \u201cIf someone behaves badly, the consequences to those actions are that person\u2019s responsibility, and no one else\u2019s.\u201d\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0Currently, claims are settled within Congress for a variety of workplace violations.\u00a0 The STOP Act prohibits payment in claims involving sexual harassment by members of Congress.\r\n\r\n\t###", 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://love.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=741"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8231659885495901, "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"}