{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-statement-on-new-report-regarding-kash-patels-leadership-of-the-fbi", "Durbin Statement On New Report Regarding Kash Patel\u2019s Leadership Of The FBI", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Richard J. Durbin", "D000563", "www.durbin.senate.gov", "durbin", "https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding reports of a 115-page assessment compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents and analysts that describes the FBI under Director Kash Patel\u2019s leadership as a \u201crudderless ship.\u201d Detailed in the assessment is how Patel stopped the work of several agents because he refused to leave the FBI jet without a raid jacket when he arrived in Provo, Utah, following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.\n\n\u201cThis stark assessment of the damage Kash Patel has done to the nation\u2019s leading law enforcement agency cries out for one\u2014just one\u2014Republican Senator to break the ranks of silence and demand that Kash Patel be held accountable for his mismanagement of the FBI. America deserves better than this self-absorbed FBI Director fussing over his wardrobe in the midst of a national crisis.\n\n\u201cThe men and women of the FBI who risk their lives to keep America safe are entitled to a leader who is more concerned with fighting crime than attending a wrestling match.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-statement-on-new-report-regarding-kash-patels-leadership-of-the-fbi"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9505389500409365, "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"}