{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5857", "Rep. Gomez Votes to Check Trump\u2019s Unauthorized Military Escalation", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Jimmy Gomez", "G000585", "gomez.house.gov", "gomez", "https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Tonight, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting in favor of two War Powers resolutions to prohibit the President from unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere.\n\n\u201cTonight, I voted for both War Powers resolutions because no president gets to drag this country toward war unilaterally.\n\n\u201cThe Constitution is clear: Congress decides when and where the United States goes to war. If the President believes military action against Venezuela or attacking vessels in international waters is necessary, he needs to ask Congress for authorization. Anything less puts American service members and national security at unnecessary risk.\n\n\u201cThese resolutions aren\u2019t about inhibiting the military from doing its job, they\u2019re about putting a check on a president sidestepping the Constitution.\n\n\u201cAmerica cannot find its way into another conflict because Donald Trump wants to distract from the scandals that affect him at home. I\u2019m voting to reassert congressional authority and stop the President\u2019s unchecked power grab.\n\n\u201cIf Republicans are serious about ending forever wars, it\u2019s time they put their votes where their mouth is and not blindly follow President Trump\u2019s every demand. It\u2019s time to take back control of Congress\u2019s War Powers authority.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5857"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8404618129134178, "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"}