{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-statement-us-response-russian-interference-2016-election", "REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 ELECTION", "2016-12-29", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Ted Lieu", "L000582", "lieu.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the Obama administration\u2019s response to Russian Interference in the 2016 Election:\n\"The actions President Obama took today in response to the massive hacking of Americans by Russians are steps in the right direction.\u00a0 America became the punching bag for Russian, Chinese and North Korean hackers due to our previous weak responses and lack of strong cyber security defenses.\u00a0 We still need to increases our cyber security defenses by an order of magnitude.\u00a0 \nWake\u00a0up America, we no longer live in the 1930s.\u00a0 As Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz said, 'we're not in Kansas anymore.'\u00a0 We live in a brave new world where we need to stand strong against hackers.\u00a0 As a computer science major and Air Force veteran, I am well aware of the immense damage that hacking can cause to American national security and to the American people. \u00a0If Trump thinks that ignoring Russian hacking is going to make it go away, that's just dumb.\"\n###", 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://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-statement-us-response-russian-interference-2016-election"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.495440024882555, "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"}