{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-slams-defund-the-police-democrats-for-opposing-the-secure-america-act/", "Barrasso Slams Defund-the-Police Democrats for Opposing the Secure America Act", "2026-05-19", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today spoke at a press conference about how Republicans are determined to pass the Secure America Act while Democrats are determined to defund the police.\n\nSen. Barrasso said:\n\n\u201cDemocrats are the party of open borders and illegal immigrant criminals. And Democrats have chained themselves \u2013 chained themselves \u2013 to the defund the police movement of the radical wing of this country. That\u2019s what we\u2019re dealing with here.\n\n\u201cBecause since January, Democrats have blocked critical funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They have blocked critical funding for Border Patrol. And if you asked most Americans, \u2018Is it important to have a funded Immigration and Customs Enforcement? Is it important to have a funded Border Patrol?\u2019 The answer is clearly yes. If you want to live in a community that is secure and a country that is safe it is important to do those things.\n\n\u201cSo, Republicans are going to vote this week on the Secure America Act, and I don\u2019t expect a single Democrat to vote for it. We\u2019re going to be the ones funding ICE, funding Border Patrol \u2013 and you say, \u2018Why are all the Democrats going to vote against it?\u2019 Because the defund the police group is really now the driving force within the Democrat party. And Democrats in the Senate and in the House are willing to sacrifice \u2013 to give up \u2013 the safety and security of our nation to illegal immigrant criminals.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-20T06:27:31Z", "2026-05-20T06:28:54Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-slams-defund-the-police-democrats-for-opposing-the-secure-america-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.007953193038702, "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"}