{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-chipman-nomination-withdrawal", "Cotton Statement on Chipman Nomination Withdrawal", "2021-09-09", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353\n\nSeptember 9, 2021\n\nCotton Statement on Chipman Nomination Withdrawal\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding President Biden\u2019s decision to withdraw David Chipman\u2019s nomination to serve as the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF):\n\n\u201cDavid Chipman is an erratic, anti-gun radical who planned to outlaw nearly every single sporting rifle in America. He is wholly unfit to run the ATF, and I\u2019m glad to see President Biden has withdrawn his nomination.\u201d\n\nDuring a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this year, Senator Cotton questioned Mr. Chipman about his calls for an assault weapon ban, revealing his intention to outlaw the large majority of modern sporting rifles.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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-statement-on-chipman-nomination-withdrawal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0613799095153809, "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"}