{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://titus.house.gov//press-releases/titus-statement-on-legislation-correcting-hobby-lobby-decision", "Titus Statement on Legislation Correcting Hobby Lobby Decision", "2014-07-09", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "July 9, 2014\nWashington, D.C. - Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada\u2019s First District joined the leadership of the House of Representatives Pro-Choice Caucus in introducing The Protect Women\u2019s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014 to defend women\u2019s access to contraception and undo the damage done by the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in the Hobby Lobby case. \u00a0\nThe legislation would prevent for-profit companies from discriminating against women by refusing to cover any federally guaranteed health benefits for religious reasons, including the 20 forms of contraceptive procedures approved by the FDA. \u00a0It specifies that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not allow employers to deny individual employees access to these guaranteed benefits. The bill would preserve the existing exemption for houses of worship as well as the Administration\u2019s accommodation for certain non-profit religious organizations.\n\u201cThe private beliefs of corporations and employers have no place in the health decisions of individual women,\u201d said Congresswoman Titus. \u201cThe Supreme Court\u2019s decision in the Hobby Lobby case opened the door for all closely-held corporations, which represent approximately 90 percent of businesses and employ 52 percent of Americans, to discriminate against their employees based on the religious beliefs of the owners. \u00a0The Protect Women\u2019s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014 will override this decision and ensure that the rights of the 99 percent of American women who will use contraception at some point in their lives cannot be taken away.\u201d", 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://titus.house.gov//press-releases/titus-statement-on-legislation-correcting-hobby-lobby-decision"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9476956911385059, "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"}