{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-members-larsen-thompson-and-carson-statement-after-dod-reportedly-shot", "Ranking Members Larsen, Thompson and Carson Statement After DOD Reportedly Shot Down CBP Drone", "2026-02-26", "2026", "2026-02", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Andr\u00e9 Carson", "C001072", "carson.house.gov", "carson", "https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Andr\u00e9 Carson (D-IN) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) released the following statement following reports that the Department of Defense shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone.\n\n\"Our heads are exploding over the news that DoD reportedly shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone using a high risk counter-unmanned aircraft system,\" the Members wrote. \"We said MONTHS ago that the White House's decision to sidestep a bipartisan, tri-committee bill to appropriately train C-UAS operators and address the lack of coordination between the Pentagon, DHS and the FAA was a short-sighted idea. Now, we're seeing the result of its incompetence.\"", 1, "2026-05-17T06:10:29Z", "2026-05-17T06:12:11Z"]], "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://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-members-larsen-thompson-and-carson-statement-after-dod-reportedly-shot"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0950323194265366, "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"}