{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-biden-state-departments-global-engagement-center-needs-justify-its", "Issa: The Biden State Department's Global Engagement Center Needs to Justify its Existence.", "2023-11-03", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington \u2013 Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) has submitted questions for the record (QFRs) to obtain necessary information following last week\u2019s House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing examining the State Department\u2019s Global Engagement Center (GEC). This was highlighted in an exclusive feature in the Washington Examiner.\n\n\u201cThe GEC didn\u2019t make much of a case for its budget, especially given its unapologetic support for censorship of American citizens,\u201d said Rep. Issa. \u201cThese questions show just how much more it has to answer for.\u201d\n\nUpon receiving incomplete and insufficient testimony during the hearing from GEC Acting Coordinator Daniel Kimmage, Rep. Issa is submitting these QFRs in a good-faith effort to better determine the GEC's effectiveness and impact.\n\nAn excerpt of Rep. Issa\u2019s QFR:\n\nOverall Effectiveness\n\nWhat metrics does the GEC use to determine the effectiveness of its work?\n\nCan you list the category of activities the GEC conducts?\n\nWhat percentage of GEC resources are devoted to each?\n\nRole in the Federal Government\n\nWhat is the total number of employees working at the GEC \u2013 including appointees and detailees \u2013 and is there an organizational chart the GEC will provide for the review of this committee?\n\nThe GEC\u2019s mission is to coordinate U.S. information response throughout the U.S. government. Does the GEC find that in practice other agencies take its direction and widely use/refer to its published materials?\n\nWhat functions does the GEC provide in the information operations space that are not provided by other elements of the U.S. government?", 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/issa-biden-state-departments-global-engagement-center-needs-justify-its"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8318326435983181, "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"}