{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140627031455/http://leeterry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=386106", "Terry Statement on Border Crisis", "2014-09-26", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Lee Terry", "T000459", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Terry Statement on Border Crisis \n   \n    \n       \n      \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n        Washington,\n        Sep 26\n      \n       \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      \n      \n      Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) today made the following statement on the crisis at the nation\u2019s southern border:\n\u201cThe President\u2019s silence has been deafening. He has yet to address the American public about this issue and I believe the American people have a right to know the extent of engagement our government has had with other countries involved.\u00a0\u00a0This humanitarian crisis on our southern border is heart breaking and it pains me to see so many children suffering.\u00a0\n\u201cI\u2019m extremely concerned that there is human trafficking inside our borders and hundreds of underage children are being forced into the sex trade industry. To solve this crisis it\u2019s going to take a lot more than wasting American taxpayer dollars to fund COPS grants and anti-gang prevention programs in foreign countries. What is the President doing about this? Without leveling with the American people, he\u2019s leaving the impression that he\u2019s aiding and abetting potential criminal alien acts.\u00a0\n\u201cBoth Speaker Boehner and Texas Governor Rick Perry have written to the President suggesting that the National Guard be called upon to provide humanitarian assistance and allow the border patrol to focus on its core mission. At a minimum, the President should execute these requests to restore law and order and expedite relief to these thousands of children.\n\u201cI\u2019m prepared to take appropriate steps and in the next few days and will ask Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson about a\u00a0request for information\u00a0issued in January of this year seeking bids on escort services for unaccompanied alien children.\u00a0\u00a0By soliciting information so far in advance, it begs the question: did the administration know and fail to inform Congress?\u201d\n# # #\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e", 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/20140627031455/http://leeterry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=386106"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.888568814843893, "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"}