{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221090450/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-respect-will-american-people", "PEARCE: RESPECT THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE", "2013-09-10", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "NM", "Steve Pearce", "P000588", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC (September 10, 2013) - Responding to an overwhelming outcry from New Mexicans against action in Syria, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce today cosponsored H.J. Res. 58.\u00a0 The resolution prohibits \u00a0the use of funds available to any United States Government department or agency for the use of force in, or directed at, Syria by the United States Armed Forces.\n\u201cAmerican soldiers and their families have sacrificed enough,\u201d said Pearce.\u00a0 \u201cAmerican taxpayers have given enough.\u00a0 The rest of the world needs to step up\u2014America cannot fight every battle.\u00a0 My office has heard from over a thousand New Mexicans, overwhelmingly opposed to any U.S. military action in Syria,\u201d said Pearce.\u00a0 \u201cWhile I commend the President for adhering to the Constitution and promising not to act without Congressional approval, I cannot support his desired course.\u00a0 It is the responsibility of Congress to use its constitutional authority to prevent this impulsive and misguided intervention.\u201d\nThe legislation uses Congress\u2019 power of the purse to prohibit any funding for the use of force in, or directed at, Syria by the United States, except in the case of a subsequent act of Congress specifically authorizing such use of force, or an attack or imminent attack on the United States.\u00a0\nThe full text of the resolution can be viewed here.\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://web.archive.org/web/20140221090450/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-respect-will-american-people"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7463430520147085, "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"}