{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=press_release&id=2026", "ICYMI: Sen Cruz: Stand up for the Principles We Keep Promising the Voters We Believe", "2014-12-15", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today called into the Sean Hannity Radio Show to discuss his Constitutional Point of Order to defund President Obama\u2019s illegal executive amnesty, that happened in the Senate on Friday.  \u00a0  Highlights are included below and you may listen to the full interview below:\n\u201cIt\u2019s interesting the Washington lexicon that it\u2019s somehow treated as being unpleasant or being a trouble maker to try to honor the commitments you have made to your constituents, and to urge your colleagues to do the same.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cWhat\u2019s considered unpleasant in the Senate is not lack of civility \u2013 you can insult the heck out of each other although I don\u2019t engage in that. What\u2019s considered unpardonable is actually speaking the truth and doing what you said you would do and even worse making clear, shining the light on the fact that there are a whole lot of other people willing to do exactly the opposite of what they said they would do. That\u2019s treated as the unpardonable sin, how dare you be so selfish \u2013 and it\u2019s funny they use the term selfish \u2013 as to actually honor the commitments to your constituents. That\u2019s not playing the rules of the game. Well, you know what the rules of the game have resulted in bankrupting our kids and grandkids and seeing our constitutional liberties eroded.\u00a0 Enough is enough.\"\n###", 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://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=press_release&id=2026"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9455070830881596, "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"}