{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2024/10/10/id-22ca0d0a-a4f5-469b-b581-74adcd12e2c8/", "Idaho Delegation: Biden-Harris Admin is Complicit in the Flow of Fentanyl into our Country", "2024-10-10", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nCONTACT: Christiann\u00e9 Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, Marisa.Melton@mail.house.gov\n\nIdaho Delegation: Biden-Harris Admin is Complicit in the Flow of Fentanyl into our Country\n\nMERIDIAN, Idaho \u2013 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson and U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo today demanded the Biden-Harris administration answer for its failure to stop the flow of illicit and deadly fentanyl into Idaho through the southern border. The administration\u2019s lax border policies have allowed historic amounts of fentanyl to enter the United States. Fentanyl overdose is now the leading cause of death in those ages 18 to 45, claiming 197 Idahoan lives last year.\n\n\u201cIt is apparent that the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s open-border policies have done nothing but imperil national security and endanger law-abiding citizens. Since day one, this administration exacerbated the crisis at our border and undermined the efforts of those trying to secure it,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cBy allowing drug cartels to exploit our southern border, the Biden-Harris administration is complicit in the flow of fentanyl into our country. Idaho families are paying the price.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2024/10/10/id-22ca0d0a-a4f5-469b-b581-74adcd12e2c8/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0139282569289207, "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"}