{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-calls-for-preservation-distribution-and-declassification-of-torture-report", "Wyden Calls for Preservation, Distribution and Declassification of Torture Report", "2016-12-12", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Ron Wyden", "W000779", "www.wyden.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Naming the Report a Presidential Record Falls Far Short of What\u2019s Needed; Keeps Report Off-Limits from Policymakers and the Public for More Than a Decade\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMonday, December 12, 2016\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today renewed his call for the president to preserve, distribute and declassify the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\u2019s Study of the CIA\u2019s Detention and Interrogation Program. He said the president\u2019s decision to establish the study as a presidential record falls far short of what\u2019s necessary.\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to start on the very first day of the new session building a bipartisan coalition to get the study declassified. \u00a0The American people deserve the opportunity to read this history rather than see it locked away in a safe for twelve years. \u00a0When the president-elect has promised to bring back torture, it is also more critical than ever that the study be made available to cleared personnel throughout the federal government who are responsible for authorizing and implementing our country\u2019s detention and interrogation policies,\u201d Wyden said.\r\nWyden called on the president to establish the study as a federal record under the Federal Records Act and an agency record under the Freedom of Information Act, and to distribute the study among cleared personnel in the federal government. He also called on the president to direct that the study be declassified, with minimal redactions necessary to protect national security, so that it can be released to the public.\r\n\u201cPresident Obama has made his opposition to torture a central part of his legacy, from the Executive Order he signed shortly after he took office, to the speech he gave last Tuesday in which he spoke passionately about how our strength as a nation lies in upholding our values and adhering to the rule of law.\u00a0 But this legacy \u2013 and our legacy as a nation - rests in the balance,\u201d Wyden said.\r\nSenator Wyden also criticized the administration\u2019s efforts to prevent the study from being subject to the Freedom of Information Act.\r\n\u201cThis history belongs to the American people,\u201d said Wyden.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s also urgent. \u00a0As we\u2019ve already seen, burying the Study achieves nothing but to create an information vacuum that gets filled with uninformed and highly dangerous propaganda.\u201d", 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.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-calls-for-preservation-distribution-and-declassification-of-torture-report"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6931768730282784, "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"}