{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases/salazar-condemns-war-powers-resolution-undermining-us-fight-against-narco", "Salazar Condemns War Powers Resolution Undermining U.S. Fight Against Narco-Terrorism in Venezuela", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Maria Elvira Salazar", "S000168", "salazar.house.gov", "salazar", "https://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 As Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (FL-27) today spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.Con.Res. 61, the War Powers Resolution that would wrongly restrict the President\u2019s ability to act against presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere, including Venezuela.\n\n\u201cThis resolution is fundamentally flawed,\u201d said Rep. Salazar. \u201cThe War Powers Resolution does not apply to law enforcement or counter-narcotics operations against indicted terrorists like Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. What the President is doing does not require congressional approval.\u201d\n\nSalazar emphasized that the President has clear constitutional and legal authority to defend the United States from terrorist threats and warned that the resolution would weaken America\u2019s response to narco-terrorism in the region.\n\n\u201cWhen Maduro is gone and democracy is restored, Venezuela can once again be the most prosperous country in the Caribbean,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cThis resolution would only tie the President\u2019s hands.\u201d\n\nRep. Salazar urged her colleagues to oppose H.Con.Res. 61.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases/salazar-condemns-war-powers-resolution-undermining-us-fight-against-narco"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4422605745494366, "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"}