{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-introduces-legislation-ensuring-lawmakers-have-tools", "Congressman Biggs Introduces Legislation Ensuring Lawmakers Have the Tools to Properly Assess National Security Along the Southern Border", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced the Congressional Border Security Assessment Act. This legislation ensures that Members of Congress and accompanying Congressional staff can fully assess border security on Indian reservations that include at least fifty contiguous miles of the U.S. southern border. Lawmakers have a duty to their constituents to inspect heavily trafficked areas along the border and to report on threats to national security\u2014even when that involves accessing Indian reservations.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration opened wide our southern border, and Members of Congress must not be restricted from attempting to survey and report on the state of the chaos,\u201d said Congressman Biggs.\n\n\u201cTribal police on Indian reservations have impeded Members\u2019 ability to travel to the U.S. border in the past. My legislation makes clear that this is unacceptable.\u201d\n\nCosponsors of this legislation are: Brian Babin (R-TX).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-introduces-legislation-ensuring-lawmakers-have-tools"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6817818395793438, "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"}