{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://culberson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398349", "Culberson Language Prevents Obama's Internet Giveaway", "2015-12-16", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "John Culberson", "C001048", "culberson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC- Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) today issued the following statement regarding his language in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus bill that prevents the Department of Commerce from surrendering control over Internet domain registration to the international community. \u201cThe Internet is the freest form of communication there is,\u201d Culberson explained. \u201cThe Obama Administration\u2019s intent to relinquish control over the Internet domain name system with no American oversight could lead to broad censorship by the international community.\u201cAs the Chairman of the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee on Appropriations, I included language to keep oversight of the Internet in the hands of the United States and stop President Obama\u2019s plan in its tracks. The most effective tool to combat President Obama\u2019s unconstitutional action is the power of the purse and it\u2019s crucial that Congress continue to use the purse strings to combat dangerous policies coming from the White House.\u201d # # # Congressman John Culberson represents the 7th District of Texas and serves as the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS), which oversees the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation, and other related agencies", 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://culberson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398349"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.51763204485178, "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"}