{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1222", "Rep. Ben Cline on Passage of Secure the Border Act of 2023: Major Step Towards Tackling Bidens Border Crisis", "2023-05-11", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Ben Cline", "C001118", "cline.house.gov", "cline", "https://cline.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. The House Judiciary Committee, which Congressman Cline serves on, played a leading role in crafting this legislation and worked hard to make this the strongest border security package that Congress has ever considered.\n\n\u201cSince his first day in office, President Biden has actively worked to weaken our southern border through radical open border policies that have resulted in the worst border crisis in history \u2013 turning every community, including Virginia\u2019s Sixth District, into border communities,\u201d said Cline. \u201cFrom halting construction of the border wall to deciding to lift Title 42 removal authority, President Biden has willingly and knowingly failed to protect the southern border and uphold the rule of law. While Biden and Secretary Mayorkas desperately attempt to downplay this crisis and tell Americans to just deal with it, House Republicans passed the strongest border security package in the history of Congress that secures America\u2019s borders, and restores our Nation\u2019s rule of law and sovereignty.\u201d\n\nThe Secure the Border Act of 2023:\n\nReforms the asylum system by preventing fraud, raising the credible fear standard, and returning asylum to its historical roots and original intent.\n\nEnds the Biden Administration\u2019s \u201ccatch and release\u201d policy and gives the federal government additional tools to secure the border.\n\nAddresses the exploitation of children and ensures that children remain together, or are reunited, with their parents.\n\nReduces the jobs magnet for illegal immigration.\n\nThe full text of H.R. 2 can be found here.\n\nCongressman Ben Cline represents the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia. He previously was an attorney in private practice and served both as an assistant prosecutor and Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Cline and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Botetourt County with their two children.", 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://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1222"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9574852883815765, "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"}