{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=931", "LABRADOR ISSUES STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ORDER", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Ra\u00fal Labrador", "L000573", "labrador.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tFOR MORE INFORMATION: \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tThursday | November 20, 2014\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tDan Popkey \u2013 208-800-1565\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tLABRADOR ISSUES STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA\u2019S EXECUTIVE ORDER \r\n\r\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 First District Congressman Ra\u00fal Labrador, R-Idaho, issued the following statement after President Obama\u2019s announcement Thursday evening of a new executive order regarding U.S. immigration law: \u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cToday President Obama conceded his failure as a leader on immigration. Instead of finding common ground with Congress, he chose to bail out his bankrupt presidency through an order he has already admitted he cannot legally take. He violated his promise to champion reform in his first term, sabotaged bipartisan House negotiations in his second and bred distrust by failing to faithfully enforce the law throughout.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cNow he wants to save face by imposing unilaterally what he could not achieve democratically. Congress must defend its constitutional role to make laws and immediately block his illegal action through all available avenues.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThe president\u2019s action not only undermines efforts to achieve real reform \u2013 it is directly opposed to it. Real reform starts with enforcing current laws, securing the border and modernizing the visa system. Only a system that works \u2013 that drives immigrants into viable avenues for legal entry \u2013 will end illegal immigration and protect the rule of law. That is what I will continue to fight for \u2013 no matter who occupies the White House.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=931"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.043807715177536, "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"}