{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-bishop-applauds-us-court-ruling-blocking-trump-administration-s-100000-visa-fee", "Congressman Bishop Applauds U.S. Court Ruling Blocking Trump Administration\u2019s $100,000 Visa Fee", "2026-06-08", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.", "B000490", "bishop.house.gov", "bishop", "https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded the ruling by a federal judge today blocking President Trump\u2019s $100,000 fee for employers\u2019 H-1B applications. Judge Leo Sorokin declared in the ruling in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts that \u201cthe substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax\u201d and that Congress had not delegated that power to the executive branch.\n\nHospitals and health care centers from underserved and rural areas, including Southwest Georgia, informed members of Congress that they already were facing challenges recruiting enough staff and that the Trump Administration fee made providing care even more expensive to these communities. In response, Bishop, along with Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Yvette Clarke (D-NY), introduced bipartisan legislation in March 2026 (H.R. 7961), which will exempt physicians and other health care workers from the new $100,000 fee for H-1B petitions. It also prohibits new H-1B fees from being imposed on health care workers that exceed the existing fees under the U.S. Code.\n\n\u201cThe $100,000 fee for employers\u2019 H1-B applications would have discouraged the best and the brightest from coming to America and helping our economy grow and to innovate,\u201d said Congressman Bishop. \u201cWhile the bipartisan legislation that I introduced earlier this year applied only to health care professionals, the ruling by Judge Sorokin is a victory for every American concerned about attracting the world\u2019s smartest talent to our country.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"]], "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://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-bishop-applauds-us-court-ruling-blocking-trump-administration-s-100000-visa-fee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.107897773385048, "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"}