{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-homeland-republicans-president-biden-stop-ignoring-border-crisis", "Garbarino, Homeland Republicans To President Biden: Stop Ignoring Border Crisis", "2021-10-06", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino joined fellow Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security to call out the Biden Administration\u2019s lack of transparency about the border crisis. In a letter to President Biden, the members raised concerns about the Administration\u2019s handling of this crisis.\n\nThe members wrote, \u201cRecently, Secretary Mayorkas testified before both the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Homeland Security. Throughout his testimony, he consistently stated that he believes America\u2019s borders are closed and \u2018the border is secure.\u2019 But, the facts don\u2019t lie. The border is neither closed nor is it secure. How can one say the border is closed when over the past eight months, CBP has surpassed numerous records for the number of migrants illegally crossing the border? Why is your Administration trying to deceive the American people that the border is secure?\u201d\n\n\u201cMr. President, it is time to admit that the Trump Administration\u2019s border policies such as deploying the border wall and MPP worked. It is time to admit that there is a crisis at the southern border and that the men and women of the United States Border Patrol are overwhelmed. It is time for your Administration to take appropriate steps to prevent a recurrence of what we witnessed in Del Rio, Texas. We demand transparency from your Administration on behalf of the American people,\u201d concluded the members.\n\nIn addition to Rep. Garbarino, the letter is signed by Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY), Vice Ranking Member Michael Guest (R-MS), and Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Kat Cammack (R-FL), and August Pfluger (R-TX).\n\nClick here to view the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-homeland-republicans-president-biden-stop-ignoring-border-crisis"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8176090195775032, "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"}