{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-thompson-statement-trump-finally-firing-kristi-noem", "Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump Finally Firing Kristi Noem", "2026-03-05", "2026", "2026-03", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie G. Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", "benniethompson", "https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "March 5, 2026 (WASHINGTON) \u2013 Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at last:\n\n\u201cKristi Noem\u2019s tenure at the Department of Homeland Security will go down as one of the most lawless, corrupt, and reckless in modern history. Time and again, she ran afoul of the law \u2013 and court orders \u2013 and put her vanity ahead of the safety of the American people. Her brazen corruption \u2014 including her cozy relationship with so-called \u2018special government employee\u2019 Corey Lewandowski \u2014 turned the agency responsible for protecting the homeland into a multibillion-dollar grift.\n\n\u201cAmerica is less safe because of Kristi Noem\u2019s failed leadership. While the President may have finally shown her the door, accountability does not end here. Homeland Democrats will continue pursuing the truth and uncovering the full extent of the misconduct that defined her tenure. The American people deserve answers and a Department of Homeland Security worthy of their trust.\n\n\u201cOn Kristi Noem\u2019s watch, Americans were terrorized, shot, and even killed in the streets by her masked police. Since we know that Noem was little more than a figurehead, Democrats cannot agree to fund ICE and CBP until they are reined in \u2013 under the law \u2013 and real change is made. Of course, Corey must also leave the Department.\n\n\u201cI doubt many of the 248,000 employees at DHS who keep us safe around the clock will be shedding a tear tonight.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-15T06:17:41Z", "2026-05-15T06:18:51Z"]], "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://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-thompson-statement-trump-finally-firing-kristi-noem"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.230139983817935, "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"}