{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congressman-issa-following-end-nancy-pelosi-speakership", "Statement by Congressman Issa Following End of Nancy Pelosi Speakership", "2022-11-18", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) today released the following statement:\n\n\u201cNancy Pelosi was a formidable and consequential Speaker of the House \u2014 but her reign was not often one of consensus building and she leaves the institution in difficult condition as well as in need of a return to its best traditions.\n\n\u201cThe voters removed Pelosi\u2019s grip from the Speaker's gavel and gave it to a GOP majority that now must lead in a new and, I expect, better way.\n\n\u201cThe House must be a deliberative body in which Members freely express their ideas, offer their alternatives, have them heard, and, ultimately, voted on. This must follow the end of the Pelosi speakership.\u201d\n\n###\n\nDarrell Issa is the Representative of California\u2019s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "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/statement-congressman-issa-following-end-nancy-pelosi-speakership"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8986612558364868, "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"}