{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amash.house.gov/media/press-releases/amash-leads-bipartisan-demand-standalone-consideration-fisa-amendments-act", "Amash leads bipartisan demand for standalone consideration of FISA Amendments Act extension", "2017-12-13", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Justin Amash", "A000367", "amash.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nDecember 13, 2017\n\u00a0\nCONTACT\nCorie Whalen\n(202) 225-3831\n\u00a0\nAmash leads bipartisan demand for standalone consideration of FISA Amendments Act extension\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and dozens of his colleagues today sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanding that any effort to pass an extension of the FISA Amendments Act\u2014related to warrantless searches of Americans\u2019 data under Section 702\u2014be considered in the House independently, not attached to any year-end spending bill.\n\u00a0\nIn addition to Amash, the letter was signed by Reps. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Dave Brat (R-Va.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Ra\u00fal Labrador (R-Idaho), Jody\u00a0Hice (R-Ga.), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.), Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Ted Poe (R-Tex.), Bill Posey (R-Fla.), and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), Jason Lewis (R-Minn.), Roger Williams (R-Tex.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Kevin Yoder (Kans.), Tom Garrett (R-Va.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), John Duncan (R- Tenn.), Rod Blum (R-Iowa), and Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.).  \n\t\u00a0\nThe letter is attached.\n###", 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": ["https://amash.house.gov/media/press-releases/amash-leads-bipartisan-demand-standalone-consideration-fisa-amendments-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6653039492666721, "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"}