{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2023/5/bost", "BOST VOTES TO SECURE BORDER, HIRE MORE BORDER AGENTS", "2023-05-11", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) voted for theSecure the Border Act of 2023 today, the same day President Biden ended Title 42 rules that expedite the return of migrants apprehended crossing the border illegally. The legislation requires the president finish the southern border wall, hire more Border Patrol agents, and end catch and release.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t have national security without border security, and Biden\u2019s bumbling has weakened both.\u201dsaid Bost. \u201cThe president\u2019s decision to end Title 42 is going take a crisis and make it a catastrophe. I recently visited the southern border and spoke with military veterans now serving on Border Patrol. Let me tell you, they are overworked and undermanned. They desperately want to know their representatives will back them up with the tools they need to do their jobs. That\u2019s why I am proud to vote to finish the wall, hire more border agents and pay them better, and make our communities safer once and for all.\u201d\n\nMore than five million illegal border crossings have occurred during Biden\u2019s presidency, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Bostvisited the southern border last month at Laredo and Eagle Pass, Texas, to see the latest developments in the crisis firsthand.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "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://bost.house.gov/2023/5/bost"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9387088939547539, "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"}