{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dennyheck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-rep-denny-heck-on-articles-of-impeachment", "STATEMENT: Rep. Denny Heck on Articles of Impeachment", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Denny Heck", "H001064", "dennyheck.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Today, Congressman Denny Heck (WA-10) released the following statement on his decision to support both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.\n\tThis week Americans are busy finishing up their Christmas shopping primarily for their children and if they're lucky enough to have them, for their grandchildren. The high school and college students are taking finals and sweating out the results.\n\tThis got me to thinking about those who follow. What is our obligation to them?\n\tAnd what about those who came before?\n\tWhat did they see as their obligation to us?\n\tPeople like my grandfather who we think was born on the boat on the way over from Germany. Or my father who fought in WWII against the very people his grandfather had left.\n\tWe are all here today because someone before us sacrificed so that they could journey here and build a new life in this unique land.\n\tAnd we are here today because those immigrants and their children were dedicated not just to the land of America but the idea  freedom and opportunity secured by self-government: choosing our own leaders in free and fair elections. The Rule of Law, with everyone equal under it, anchored in the Constitution.\n\tAnd this idea of America is in peril, put there by a president who would seek to cheat in an election by illegally soliciting foreign assistance. A president who puts himself above the law. A president who attacks the bedrock constitutional precept of checks and balances by obstructing our legitimate inquiry.\n\tCan the idea of America handed down to us survive this behavior? What idea of America will we pass on to our kids?\n\tFinally, what is our obligation to those who follow? It is simply this: to do our duty and defend our Constitution and the values underpinning it by voting yes' for the Articles of Impeachment.", 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://dennyheck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-rep-denny-heck-on-articles-of-impeachment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9403991755098104, "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"}