{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gooden.house.gov/press-releases?ID=E2006483-0C1A-4E44-A176-CB5716471972", "ICYMI: Gooden Joins America\u2019s Newsroom to Discuss Bankman-Fried Arrest", "2022-12-13", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Lance Gooden", "G000589", "gooden.house.gov", "gooden", "https://gooden.house.gov/press-releases", "page_html", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, Congressman Lance Gooden (R-Texas) joined America\u2019s Newsroom to discuss the arrest of FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, as well as his desire to see politicians in Washington work with the bankruptcy court to return political donations to the victims of the FTX scam.\n\nClick here or on the image above to watch the full interview.\n\nInterview excerpts:\n\n\u201cWe are disappointed in the Justice Department for making this move when they did\u2026 I don\u2019t understand why the Justice Department would not want him on record today in a hearing. I really do not understand why the Justice Department would not want that testimony.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe stole money to fund a lavish lifestyle, to prop up his house of cards, and he used it to funnel quite a bit of donations to politicians here in Washington. This is not like taking a donation from a racist like Kanye West and saying I\u2019m going to donate it to charity. This is stolen money that needs to be paid back. And if you\u2019re a politician who took money, I think you should plan to work with the bankruptcy court. I think it\u2019s important that politicians in Washington send a message that we don\u2019t support this, and we are working to make people whole.\u201d\n\nCongressman Gooden is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and was scheduled to question Sam Bankman-Fried during a committee hearing today.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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=E2006483-0C1A-4E44-A176-CB5716471972"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4886879362165928, "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"}