{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-votes-to-confirm-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general/", "Cornyn Votes to Confirm Todd Blanche for Attorney General", "2026-08-08", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "www.cornyn.senate.gov", "cornyn", "https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Todd Blanche was confirmed as Attorney General of the United States:\n\n\u201cTodd Blanche is well-qualified to be Attorney General of the United States and balance the competing demands of being a member of the President\u2019s Cabinet and the nation\u2019s chief law enforcement officer. I\u2019m glad we will have a Senate-confirmed individual in this role,\u201d said Sen. Cornyn. \u201cI was proud to vote to confirm Mr. Blanche, and I look forward to seeing him lend President Trump wise counsel and exercise good judgment when faced with tough decisions for the good of the American people.\u201d\n\nAs a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cornyn voted earlier this week to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General to the Senate floor following his announcement with Sen. Tillis on a successful negotiation of a legally enforceable document clarifying the anti-weaponization fund and the IRS audit release included in the Settlement Agreement signed by then-Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last spring.", 1, "2026-08-11T05:54:29Z", "2026-08-11T05:56:25Z"]], "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.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-votes-to-confirm-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9909138791263103, "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"}