{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=714", "Goodlatte Statement on President-Elect Trump\u2019s Attorney General Selection", "2016-11-21", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Robert Goodlatte", "G000289", "goodlatte.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s selection of Senator Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General:  \r\n\r\n\u201cI congratulate Senator Sessions on his nomination by President-elect Trump to be the next Attorney General. Our nation\u2019s top law enforcement officer has a solemn duty to ensure the rule of law and protect the American people by executing our laws impartially and fully. These core principles have come under attack the past eight years and must be restored at the Justice Department.\u201cUpon confirmation by the Senate, I look forward to working with Mr. Sessions to enforce the rule of law, administer justice fairly without giving special treatment to the politically well-connected, and find solutions to the problems facing our nation\u2019s criminal justice system.\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": ["http://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=714"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.701190136373043, "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"}