{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-concerned-who-membership", "Guest Concerned with WHO Membership", "2022-05-31", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Michael Guest", "G000591", "guest.house.gov", "guest", "https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) joined 88 Republican Members in a letter to President Joe Biden requesting internal documents and communications related to the World Health Organization (WHO) in an effort to hold the Biden Administration accountable for supporting the international organization.\n\n\u201cIt is clear the WHO is\u2014and will remain\u2014incapable of leading global responses to health emergencies\u2026 We believe that the U.S. should withdraw from the WHO. Absent such a withdrawal, your administration should at the very least work to overhaul its operations, not expand its power\u2026 In short, the WHO is not working in the interests of the American people \u2013 if it ever was. We are committed to holding your administration accountable for wasting taxpayer dollars by continuing to fund this corrupt international bureaucracy,\u201d the Members write in their letter.\n\nThe Members also cite Russia\u2019s membership, the targeting of Israel, and the election of the Syrian Assad regime to the WHO\u2019s executive board as examples of the organization\u2019s divergence from the interests of the American people.\n\nYou can read the entire letter by clicking here.\n\nCongressman Michael Guest represents Mississippi's Third Congressional District. Currently serving his second term, Congressman Guest serves as the Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, as a Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and as a Member of the Committee on Ethics.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:09:24Z"]], "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://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-concerned-who-membership"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2257781345397234, "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"}