{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/-rep-tokuda-votes-to-rein-in-presidents-war-powers-protect-servicemembers", "Rep. Tokuda Votes to Rein in President\u2019s War Powers, Protect Servicemembers", "2026-03-06", "2026", "2026-03", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Jill N. Tokuda", "T000487", "tokuda.house.gov", "tokuda", "https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases?PageNum_rs=1&", "scraper", "Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) stood up for the Constitution and the lives of American servicemembers by voting in favor of H.Con.Res.38, a resolution prohibiting the President from using U.S. Armed Forces against Iran without explicit Congressional authorization. Following the vote, Rep Tokuda issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cI voted \u2018Yes\u2019 today because Congress cannot abandon its core responsibility under Article I of the Constitution to declare war. Make no mistake\u2014the Iranian regime is a brutal and destabilizing force, which is why I also voted today on a resolution affirming that Iran remains the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terrorism.\n\nHowever, the ongoing strikes on Iran were taken unilaterally by the President, without clear justification presented to Congress and the American people, I cannot support entering what could become a prolonged conflict while the lives of our servicemembers and civilians are already at risk. Today\u2019s vote wasn\u2019t about politics; it was about the oath we took and the lives of Americans we represent. I will keep fighting to make sure that no administration exceeds its constitutional authority when it comes to matters of war.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/-rep-tokuda-votes-to-rein-in-presidents-war-powers-protect-servicemembers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4199228025972843, "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"}