{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2023/10/11/higgins-supports-steve-scalise-speaker-house/", "Higgins Supports Steve Scalise for Speaker of the House", "2023-10-11", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement announcing his support of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) for Speaker of the House.\n\n\u201cThe country and the world need a functioning Congress. We must be capable of responding to national and international crisis, and we have an obligation to elect a Speaker. None of our priorities can move forward without a Speaker \u2013 forcing significant reductions in federal spending, restoring law and order at the southern border, moving deeper into impeachment investigations, and responding to the atrocities committed against Israel.\n\n\u201cBoth Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are dear friends, and I\u2019m the only individual in the Louisiana Delegation who is a core member of the House Freedom Caucus. My support for Steve is not opposition to Jim. However, we have an urgent duty to perform as a body. We must unify behind our Party\u2019s nominee for Speaker of the House and return to serious legislative business.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://clayhiggins.house.gov/2023/10/11/higgins-supports-steve-scalise-speaker-house/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2914037108421326, "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"}