{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://reichert.house.gov/press-release/icymi-reichert-statement-preventing-sex-trafficking-and-strengthening-families-act", "ICYMI: Reichert Statement on Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act", "2014-07-24", "2014", "2014-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dave Reichert", "R000578", "reichert.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C \u2013 Last night, U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-8) urged support of H.R. 4980, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act.\u00a0 The legislation is a bipartisan, bicameral agreement incorporating several pieces of adoption legislation as well as Congressman Reichert\u2019s Preventing Sex Trafficking of Youth in Foster Care legislation.\u00a0 It passed the House unanimously and is a critical step forward to helping America\u2019s youth in foster care find permanent, loving homes; lead happy successful lives; and stay off the streets and escape the horrors of sex trafficking.\nFor Congressman Reichert, this is a deeply personal issue that he witnessed himself during his 33 years in law enforcement and particularly while working the Green River serial murder case in Washington State.\u00a0 He said, \u201cWe have a responsibility to take care of these children.\u00a0 For far too long we have not kept our promise to keep our foster kids safe.\u00a0 Passing this legislation will do much to fix that failure and I look forward to seeing it on the president\u2019s desk very soon.\u201d\nTo see Congressman\u2019s Reichert\u2019s full floor statement click here and for more information on H.R. 4980 click here.", 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://reichert.house.gov/press-release/icymi-reichert-statement-preventing-sex-trafficking-and-strengthening-families-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5536712016910315, "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"}