{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-trump-freezes-funds-our-communities", "STATEMENT: Trump freezes funds to our communities", "2025-01-28", "2025", "2025-01", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Andr\u00e9 Carson", "C001072", "carson.house.gov", "carson", "https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07) made the following statement on the Trump administration\u2019s orders freezing federal agencies grant and loan payments beginning at 5:00pm today:\n\n\u201cTrump is illegally holding Americans\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars hostage to push his own extreme agenda.\n\n\u201cThese executive orders have frozen taxpayer dollars that Congress already approved. This is your money. The role of Congress is to take action benefitting the will of the people. These contradictory orders are creating widespread confusion and disruption. Medicaid disbursements were frozen today in a number of states, and the orders could impact healthcare providers, health and safety inspectors, firefighters, and schools.\n\n\u201cFirst Trump fired the inspector generals charged with fighting corruption. Now he\u2019s trying to rip up the Constitution to seize money that belongs to you. This money is not Trump\u2019s to take away as he pleases \u2013 it belongs to the taxpayers. Congress directed the executive branch to disburse these funds, and the president cannot ignore Congress. These actions are proof of what Democrats have been warning for months: Trump is doing whatever it takes to get what he wants. Congress already authorized and appropriated these funds to help the American people, and it is unlawful and unconstitutional to revoke them.\n\n\u201cTrump has now weaponized government services to punish communities he doesn\u2019t like, and to stoke fear and chaos. This chaos won\u2019t prevent us from fighting back. Every American should be concerned at how this will impact basic services they rely on, and what it means to have a president who has no respect for the Constitution or the rule of law.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T17:10:36Z"]], "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/statement-trump-freezes-funds-our-communities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8467379957437515, "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"}