{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-statement-on-resignation-of-sec-hagel", "Inhofe Statement on Resignation of Secretary Hagel", "2014-11-24", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Inhofe", "I000024", "www.inhofe.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Inhofe Statement on Resignation of Secretary Hagel\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, November 24, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today released the following statement in response to the resignation of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel:\u00a0\r\n\"I\u2019ve known Secretary Hagel for many years and consider him a friend.\u00a0 He has served his country with dedication and I wish him well in his future endeavors.\r\n\"Over the last two years, Secretary Hagel did everything the President asked of him and now is being made a scapegoat for the Administration\u2019s failed policies and relentless pursuit to disarm America.\u00a0We\u2019ve seen this story before\u00a0from the White House.\u00a0 Much like what happened to General Jim Jones, the dangerously insular West Wing pushes out those who question their disastrous policies, as Secretary Hagel had begun to do in recent months on sequestration and\u00a0in a scathing memo to Susan Rice on\u00a0the White House\u2019s failing strategy in Syria and Iraq.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, the President seems determined to double down on his misguided policies for his last two years in office instead of changing course to deal with the growing security challenges that have festered on his watch.\u201d\r\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.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-statement-on-resignation-of-sec-hagel"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8455179631710052, "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"}