{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://allen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5976", "ICYMI: Congressman Allen Hosts Telephone Town Hall", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Rick W. Allen", "A000372", "allen.house.gov", "allen", "https://allen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "In case you missed it, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) held a telephone town hall earlier this week to answer questions from residents across Georgia\u2019s 12th District. More than 6,000 constituents joined Monday\u2019s call where Congressman Allen provided updates on current political issues such as the devastating war in Israel, the 21st-century workforce, a bill aimed at protecting retirement savings, the crisis at our southern border, and more.\n\nFor those unable to participate in the call, here are some of the highlights:\n\nTom from Augusta asked about the crisis unfolding on our southern border:\n\nCongressman Allen: \"We passed H.R. 2 in May and what it does is it secures our border by doing the following: makes the Biden Administration restart the construction of the border wall... It deploys technology to the southern and northern border. It increases the number of border patrol agents and gives them bonus pay. It requires transparency regarding illegal crossings. It prevents human trafficking for children traveling alone. The problem you\u2019ve got is these people know how to play the game, and the cartel controls the southern border.\"\n\nPatricia from Vidalia asked about the surge in antisemitism on college campuses:\n\nCongressman Allen: \"We passed H. Res. 798 last week which condemns this support for Hamas and Hezbollah and any other terrorist organization on U.S. college campuses... we should not see this in this country... Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles... and this cannot be tolerated.\"\n\nClinton from Martinez asked about the upcoming Farm Bill:\n\nCongressman Allen: \"...I am part of the Southeast regional WHIP team for [Agriculture Committee] Chairman Thompson and we are still getting input on the Farm Bill. Obviously we have to get this or at least get some type of extension passed through Congress before we leave here for the Christmas holidays and we are getting input on that now.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://allen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5976"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7944877035915852, "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"}