{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-unprecedented-partisan-committee-action-on-fbi-headquarters", "Van Hollen Statement on Unprecedented, Partisan Committee Action on FBI Headquarters", "2025-10-29", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MD", "Chris Van Hollen", "V000128", "www.vanhollen.senate.gov", "vanhollen", "https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans\u2019 decision to override years of precedent and approve a wholly partisan prospectus for the relocation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters without the support of the Democratic members of the Committee.\n\n\u201cAfter a decades-long thorough, transparent, and competitive selection process, Greenbelt, Md. was chosen as the site of the new FBI Headquarters based on its ability to meet the mission requirements of the men and women of the Bureau \u2013 including their security needs. Yet today, after the Trump Administration has presented minimal planning and provided zero transparency, Republican members of the Environment and Public Works Committee approved on a party-line basis a prospectus with few details, no completed security plan, and an incomplete cost assessment for a new FBI Headquarters located in DC.\n\n\u201cThe prospectus passed by Republicans today fails to address the glaring security issues presented by a headquarters located in the Ronald Reagan building on Pennsylvania Avenue. This is underscored by the prospectus\u2019 failure to even mention Level 5 security requirements \u2013 requirements that were developed following the 9/11 attacks on our nation and were included in prior Congressional directives.\n\n\u201cIn taking this unprecedented step to overrule the Committee\u2019s minority in this decision, Republicans are undermining the mission and safety of the men and women of the FBI and also setting a dangerous precedent for future Committee decisions. They have become rubber stamps for a lawless president. They should be ashamed.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-unprecedented-partisan-committee-action-on-fbi-headquarters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8050028700381517, "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"}