{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://amash.house.gov/press-release/amash-leads-bipartisan-letter-asking-briefing-administration-yahoo-email-searches", "Amash leads bipartisan letter asking for briefing from administration on Yahoo email searches", "2016-10-14", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Justin Amash", "A000367", "amash.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nOctober 14, 2016\n\u00a0\nCONTACT\nCorie Whalen\n(202) 225-3831\ncorie.whalen@mail.house.gov\n\u00a0\n\nAmash leads bipartisan letter asking for briefing from administration on Yahoo email searches\nConflicting reports require answers from top officials\n\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Reps. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) today led a bipartisan coalition of 48 representatives on a letter asking Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for a briefing to resolve questions raised by recent reports that Yahoo had searched all its users\u2019 incoming emails at the federal government\u2019s request.\n\u00a0\nThe letter is attached.\n\u00a0\n\u201cMembers of Congress have a responsibility to oversee surveillance practices and ensure that all activities comply with the Constitution and federal law,\u201d said Amash. \u201cOur number one job is protecting the rights of the people.\u201d\n\u00a0\nIn addition to Amash and Lieu, the letter was signed by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Ra\u00fal R. Labrador (R-Idaho), Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Joe Barton (R-Texas), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), Rod Blum (R-Iowa), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ted Poe (R-Texas), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Randy Weber (R-Texas), Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Dave Brat (R-Va.), Jared Polis (D-Calif.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), Ra\u00fal Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Curt Clawson (R-Fla.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.), Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.), Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), John Fleming, M.D. (R-La.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), and Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.).", 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": ["http://amash.house.gov/press-release/amash-leads-bipartisan-letter-asking-briefing-administration-yahoo-email-searches"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.62275617569685, "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"}