{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansburys-statement-trumps-fbi-pick-kash-patel", "Rep. Stansbury\u2019s Statement on Trump\u2019s FBI Pick Kash Patel", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ALBUQUERQUE \u2014 U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released the following statement on President-Elect Trump\u2019s FBI Director Pick, Kash Patel:\n\n\u201cThe announcement that Trump will nominate Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI continues a deeply disturbing and dangerous trend by the President-Elect of nominating unqualified political loyalists to positions that will test the balance of power in this country,\u201d said Rep Melanie Stansbury (NM - 01). \u201cIf confirmed, Patel has made it clear that he will come after Trump\u2019s \u201cenemies\u201d and prosecute them. He will also assist Trump in evading legal and constitutional accountability and test the limits of Presidential power. Even former Trump appointees have pointed to the dangers of Patel\u2019s appointment with Bill Barr and Gina Haspel refusing to work with Patel during his last presidency. This man is dangerous and must not be confirmed as Director of the FBI.\u201d\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://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansburys-statement-trumps-fbi-pick-kash-patel"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9497960563749075, "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"}