{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-chip-roy-issues-statement-judges-act", "Rep. Chip Roy issues statement on JUDGES Act", "2024-12-12", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Chip Roy", "R000614", "roy.house.gov", "roy", "https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement on the JUDGES Act:\n\n\"I voted against S. 4199, the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act. This legislation would authorize 66 new federal judgeships in districts nationwide.\n\nWhile Texans benefit from the additional judges, I voted against the bill as a matter of keeping my word. In a letter I sent on December 19, 2022, I pledged to vote against any legislative priority put forward by any senator who voted for the fiscal year 2023 omnibus, which \u2014 among its myriad problems \u2014 was passed in a lame-duck Congress controlled by Democrats and perpetuated the federal government\u2019s war on the liberty and security of the American people.\n\nAdditionally, as I highlighted in two separate letters in October, the Judicial Conference\u2019s pursuit of eliminating single-judge divisions while simultaneously asking for the JUDGES Act passage has remained unresolved. I remain committed to ensuring Texas has all the legal tools available to fight federal overreach in court.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-chip-roy-issues-statement-judges-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.633686013519764, "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"}