{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141124070507/http://cohen.house.gov:80/press-release/congressman-cohen-calls-president-george-hw-bush-support-president-obama%E2%80%99s-immigration", "Congressman Cohen Calls on President George H.W. Bush to Support President Obamas Immigration Executive Action", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Cohen Calls on President George H.W. Bush to Support President Obama\u2019s Immigration Executive Action                     President Obama\u2019s executive actions follow similar moves by Republican Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Bush                      \n      \t            \n          \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n          \n  \n    \n    \n    [MEMPHIS, TN] \u2013 After President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions\u2014similar to moves by several former Republican Presidents and similar in scale to those of President George H.W. Bush\u2014to alleviate some of the most dysfunctional aspects of the country\u2019s immigration system, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement:\n\u201cWhen Congress refused to act to address immigration system flaws during the George H.W. Bush Administration, President Bush he took executive action to fix the most glaring problems and to keep families together, similar to moves by several other Republican Presidents including Eisenhower and Reagan and similar in scale to President Obama\u2019s recently-announced immigration actions. President Bush recognized at the time that he had the undisputed authority to use prosecutorial discretion to set enforcement policies for immigration agents. And he did so in a humane and reasonable manner. President Obama\u2019s announcement last night falls within well-established precedents set by several former Presidents, and I hope President Bush will come out forcefully in support of these moves and in defense of the office of the President. Based on his own decisions during his Presidency, that is the only reasonable expectation.\u201d", 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/20141124070507/http://cohen.house.gov:80/press-release/congressman-cohen-calls-president-george-hw-bush-support-president-obama%E2%80%99s-immigration"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9950990788638592, "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"}