{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141205201909/http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397669", "Congressman Bishop Responds to Potential Amnesty Announcement from President Obama", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Rob Bishop", "B001250", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON\u2014President Barack Obama\u2019s administration has signaled that the President intends to announce today plans to grant some sort of legal status to more than five million people who are currently in the United States illegally.\n\"We are supposed to be a nation of laws, but what the President is doing is an abuse of his authority.\u00a0\u00a0 Like all Americans, I share a sense of compassion and understanding for families caught in these difficult circumstances, but the President's plan does not fix the problem.\u00a0 He has made it worse.\u00a0 We desperately need a permanent solution, not an imperfect presidential mandate done in isolation. President Obama may think it is acceptable to exceed his own authority through executive action, but our founding fathers established clearly defined powers through the Constitution. The President missed an opportunity to work with Congress and instead has created a toxic atmosphere harming future efforts.\u00a0 Amnesty is not an answer and it sends the wrong message to those who are going through the legitimate immigration process.\u00a0 The first thing to fix is the porous border and that is where our attention should initially be focused,\" said Congressman Rob Bishop.", 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/20141205201909/http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397669"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1298940517008305, "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"}