{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/7/sen-johnson-requests-records-on-former-president-biden-s-declining-mental-and-physical-health", "Sen Johnson Requests Records on Former President Biden\u2019s Declining Mental and Physical Health", "2025-07-17", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requesting documents and communications about former President Biden\u2019s declining mental and physical health over the course of his presidency. This letter follows Chairman Johnson\u2019s requests to former Biden cabinet officials to voluntarily appear for interviews before his Subcommittee to discuss the former president\u2019s mental and physical health.\n\nA recent news report indicated that NARA provided \u201cmore than 27,000 records\u201d to the White House Counsel\u2019s Office, which is reviewing the effect of the former president\u2019s health on official decisions.\n\n\u201cThese allegations, which received renewed interest following the publication of a book detailing the former president\u2019s mental and physical decline, raise serious questions about who was making key presidential decisions if the former president was incapable of doing so. One of these key decisions may have involved the presidential power to grant clemency or pardons \u2014 a matter that the White House Counsel's Office, among other entities, are currently investigating,\u201d Chairman Johnson wrote.\n\nChairman Johnson requested all records that NARA provided to the White House Counsel's Office referring or relating to former President Biden\u2019s mental or physical health decline, or the alleged coverup. Also requested were communications between White House officials, members of the cabinet, and staff referring or relating to former President Biden\u2019s mental or physical health.\n\nRead more about Chairman Johnson\u2019s letter in Fox News.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/7/sen-johnson-requests-records-on-former-president-biden-s-declining-mental-and-physical-health"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.668087974190712, "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"}