{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-comments-speaker-pelosi-opening-impeachment-inquiry", "Congressman Cohen Comments on Speaker Pelosi Opening an Impeachment Inquiry", "2019-09-24", "2019", "2019-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today commended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for opening a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\nToday is ahistoric day for our nation.The President has breached his oath, violated the lawand risked our national security.This week we learned that the President has abused his power and broken the law by pressuring a foreign government to investigate a political opponent.Further, he has moved to block the whistleblower report of that action being forwarded to Congress. These are but the latest in the long list of abuses of power by this President.As Members of Congress, we took an oathto defend the Constitution and protect our country.That includes the Congressionalresponsibility of oversight of the Executive which includes impeachment.We will thoroughly investigate the President's conduct andpursue the facts.We are a nation of laws and no one is above the law.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-comments-speaker-pelosi-opening-impeachment-inquiry"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8663209155201912, "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"}