{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-us-v-texas", "Amodei Statement on U.S. v. Texas", "2016-06-23", "2016", "2016-06", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Mark E. Amodei", "A000369", "amodei.house.gov", "amodei", "https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Logan Ramsey, 202-225-6155\n\nJune 23, 2016\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the lower court\u2019s decision that the President\u2019s use of executive action to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is unlawful:\n\n\u201cPresident Obama has consistently shown his blatant disregard for the Constitution by continually circumventing Congress in an attempt to force his measures into law. The Constitution explicitly states that Congress \u2013 not the President \u2013 has the right to \u2018make all Laws.\u2019 Today\u2019s ruling upholds the separation of powers by ruling the President\u2019s overreaching action on immigration unlawful.\n\n\u201cGovernment overreach, particularly by the Executive Branch, threatens our liberties and democratic way of life. President Obama\u2019s abuse of executive power is surely not what the Founders intended when they laid out the three branches of government in the Constitution. I stand by the Supreme Court\u2019s decision today and will continue to push for Congress to address immigration reform in an honest and forthright fashion.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:54:04Z"]], "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://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-us-v-texas"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8825920522212982, "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"}