{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1e7198e7-5b93-4674-b4a5-1724e9b212a2", "The President's Attempts to Grant Executive Amnesty Must Be Stopped", "2014-11-13", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Pat Roberts", "R000307", "www.roberts.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today released the following statement in response to news reports that President Obama may announce plans to grant millions of illegal immigrants amnesty by executive order as early as next Friday.\r\n\u201cThe American people have just elected a new Senate majority to stop the misguided and liberal policies of the Obama Administration,\u201d Senator Roberts said. \u201cThe President\u2019s attempt to grant amnesty through executive order will be the first battleground where this new Majority can stand up to the President and block his irresponsible and unconstitutional actions. \r\n\u201cI stand ready to do whatever it takes to stop amnesty by executive action or by any other means. I support Senator Sessions\u2019 efforts to defund the President\u2019s executive amnesty efforts, and I will fight tirelessly to protect the rule of law in America.\u201d\r\nLast night Fox News reported, \u201cPresident Obama is planning to unveil a 10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action -- including suspending deportations for millions -- as early as next Friday...\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.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1e7198e7-5b93-4674-b4a5-1724e9b212a2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.581316813826561, "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"}