{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jasonsmith.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congressman-jason-smith-votes-to-fight-president-s-power-grab", "Congressman Jason Smith Votes to Fight Presidents Power Grab", "2014-12-04", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Jason Smith", "S001195", "jasonsmith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congressman Jason Smith voted in favor of H.R. 5759, the Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 219-197-3. The bill blocks the president from using executive orders to postpone deportation of illegal aliens. Congressman Jason Smith took to the House floor earlier today to speak about the president\u2019s executive overreach.\nThe video of the congressman\u2019s remarks is attached and may also be viewed on his YouTube Channel here.\nTranscript:\n\u201cOn March 28, 2011, President Obama said he would not use an executive order for amnesty explaining that \u2013 and again I quote \u2013 \u201ctemporary protective status, historically, has been used for special circumstances.\u201d Those are his words. More than 20 times, the president said executive action on immigration would not be appropriate. Nothing has changed in our Constitution, but now the administration is now singing a different tune.\n\u201cMr. Speaker, I\u2019m from the Show-Me State. I would love for any of my colleagues in this body to show me in this document, the Constitution of the United States, where it grants the president the authority to change the laws.\n\u201cArticle I of the Constitution says Congress will change the laws, not the president. The president will execute the laws \u2013 faithfully execute the laws. Mr. Speaker, I proudly support this legislation and I ask my colleagues to do so, to stop this action.\n\u201cI yield back.\u201d\nCongressman Smith also said, \u201cPresident Obama said last week that he acted to \u201cchange the law\u201d on immigration, granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. The president should not change the law. In fact, Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution requires the president to \u201ctake care that the laws be faithfully executed.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 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://jasonsmith.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congressman-jason-smith-votes-to-fight-president-s-power-grab"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 10.853665880858898, "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"}