{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141120055946/http://rothfus.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1052", "A Question of Fairness", "2014-11-19", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Keith Rothfus", "R000598", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Keith Rothfus [PA-12] spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding the President\u2019s expected executive orders on illegal immigration:\n\n\tFull Transcript  \n\tAs Prepared for Delivery\n\n\tMr. Speaker,\n\n\tPresident Obama is expected to sign executive orders soon regarding illegal immigration.\n\n\tIn July 2011, he said, \u201cI know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. But that\u2019s not how our system works,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s not how our democracy functions.\u201d\n\n\tA year ago, President Obama said, \u201cIf, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress then I would do so. But we're also a nation of laws. That's part of our tradition. And what I\u2019m proposing,\u201d he said then, \u201cis the harder path, which is to use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal.\u201d\n\n\tPresident Obama should reflect on his own words. He should follow the Democratic process, as reflected in the recent election.\n\n\tA bedrock principle of our nation is the rule of law. That principle promotes stability and fairness.\n\n\tWill the President\u2019s actions promote stability or even more chaos? Will it be fair to American workers and immigrants who have done things the legal way? Any immigration reform, Mr. Speaker, must be fair and must respect the rule of law.", 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/20141120055946/http://rothfus.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1052"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.833077821880579, "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"}