{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-applauds-changes-to-and-145public-charge-and-146-immigration-rule", "Cotton Applauds Changes to \u0091Public Charge\u0092 Immigration Rule", "2019-08-12", "2019", "2019-08", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353\n\nWashington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the Trump administration's changes to the \u2018public charge' rule on immigration:\n\n\"Immigration ought to benefit, not burden, America. The administration\u2018s modernization of the \u2018public charge' rule will help accomplish this reasonable goal so that immigrants don't become burdens on the community, take benefits from struggling Americans, or harm our generous system of assistance for refugees and asylees. This reform is a promising step toward a sensible, skills-based immigration system that admits immigrants who are prepared to seize opportunity, not handouts.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:35:44Z"]], "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.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-applauds-changes-to-and-145public-charge-and-146-immigration-rule"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.075661275535822, "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"}