{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gooden.house.gov/press-releases?ID=26DC0B5B-0C41-4B9B-B82A-5415953756CD", "Gooden Backs DoW Push to Eliminate University Ties to Foreign Adversaries", "2026-08-19", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Lance Gooden", "G000589", "gooden.house.gov", "gooden", "https://gooden.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Lance Gooden, who has led congressional efforts to combat Chinese Communist Party espionage and intellectual property theft, applauded the Department of War (DoW) for cracking down on American universities with research and financial ties to foreign adversaries.\n\nLast year, Gooden reintroduced the Protect America\u2019s Innovation and Economic Security from the CCP Act (H.R. 1468), which would establish a dedicated CCP Initiative within the Department of Justice to combat CCP-backed economic espionage and intellectual property theft targeting American businesses, universities, and national security. The legislation passed the House Judiciary Committee in March and is awaiting a vote on the House floor.\n\n\u201cAmerican universities should be developing breakthroughs that keep America ahead, not becoming breeding grounds for our adversaries' espionage operations,\u201d said Rep. Gooden. \u201cI applaud Secretary Hegseth and the Department of War for putting national security first and demanding answers from these 30 institutions.\"", 1, "2026-08-20T05:28:41Z", "2026-08-20T05:29:58Z"]], "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://gooden.house.gov/press-releases?ID=26DC0B5B-0C41-4B9B-B82A-5415953756CD"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7294737733900547, "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"}