{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-issa-recommend-impeachment-mayorkas-it-joe-biden-who-we-must-hold", "Congressman Issa to Recommend Impeachment of Mayorkas: \"But it is Joe Biden Who We Must Hold Accountable.\"", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe collapse of America\u2019s southern border is the national security crisis of our time. And it is the fault of Joe Biden \u2013 and Joe Biden alone.\n\n\u201cFrom the literal first day of his presidency, Biden reversed policies that were working, threw open our nation\u2019s borders, compelled our frontline border patrol officers to stand down, and let in an unprecedented and unrelenting flow of illegal immigrants, trafficked women and children, and the deadly fentanyl that now claims the lives of 100,000 Americans every year. It is a record of purposeful policy failure unrivaled in our nation\u2019s history.\n\n\u201cAt the forefront of the Biden border crisis has stood Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. As it relates to the border and illegal immigration, every mistake that has been made and every lie that has been told by this Administration has been either directly carried out or unapologetically enabled by Mayorkas himself. He should never have been appointed to his position, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, or served this long and this ineffectively.\n\n\u201cMayorkas is the target of a robust impeachment investigation by the House, and it has yielded ample and damning facts that the Secretary has not even attempted to correct or contradict \u2013 because he can\u2019t. I was very much looking forward to timely, comprehensive, and public impeachment hearings that are more than warranted. Unfortunately, that is not set to happen soon enough.\n\n\u201cFor these reasons and others, I will vote to recommend Mayorkas be impeached.\n\n\u201cBut make no mistake: This doesn\u2019t end with a single vote or a single subordinate. It is Joe Biden himself who we must now hold accountable. It is now time to do just that.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-issa-recommend-impeachment-mayorkas-it-joe-biden-who-we-must-hold"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9399787522852421, "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"}