{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-votes-yes-historic-border-security-bill", "Johnson Votes Yes on Historic Border Security Bill", "2023-05-11", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and House Republicans passed the Secure the Border Act to tackle the ongoing crisis at the southern border.\n\n\u201cThe situation at the southern border is a crisis, and the end of Title 42 will unfortunately demonstrate how ineffective and unsafe the Biden Administration\u2019s open-border policies are,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cMore than a thousand miles separate South Dakota from America\u2019s southern border, yet we\u2019re still seeing the impacts of the drug and crime in our local communities. We need solutions. The Secure the Border Act is a well-rounded plan to end the chaos at the border.\u201d\n\nThe Secure the Border Act will:\n\nRestart construction of the border wall using funds appropriated by Congress that President Biden had refused to spend\n\nHire more Border Patrol Agents\n\nEnd catch and release policies\n\nRe-implement Remain in Mexico provisions\n\nImprove technology used along the border and by Border Patrol Agents\n\nBackground:", 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://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-votes-yes-historic-border-security-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8207929786294699, "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"}