{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://lamalfa.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/rep-lamalfa-responds-to-president-obama-s-unlawful-amnesty-plan", "Rep. LaMalfa Responds to President Obamas Unlawful Amnesty Plan", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Doug LaMalfa", "L000578", "lamalfa.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC\u00a0\u2013 Rep. LaMalfa (R-CA) released the following statement in response to President Obama\u2019s announced plan to take executive action and grant amnesty to up to 5 million illegal immigrants.\n\u201cLast night, our country witnessed an unparalleled attack on our rule of the law and the exact founding principles that remain at the core of our nation\u2019s political system.\u00a0 We are a nation of laws, with a government that serves to answer to the people, not one man,\u201d\u00a0said LaMalfa.\u00a0\u201cThis is not about partisan gridlock in Washington or the lofty rhetoric justifying executive rulemaking, this is about a President whose power must be checked. This is about a President who continues to ignore our nation\u2019s laws to get his way by circumventing the only branch of government actually authorized to write and enact laws.\u201d\n\u201cEarlier this month, the President\u2019s amnesty plan was on the ballot, and was unambiguously rejected by the American voters,\u201d\u00a0continued LaMalfa.\u00a0\u201cOur government is not designed to work by executive fiat and Congress cannot allow such a blatant abuse of power.\u00a0 I and the majority in both houses will work to defund this action and block it in every way.\u201d\nRep. LaMalfa joined with more than 60 House Republicans in requesting the House Appropriations Committee to include language in the upcoming appropriations legislation that would prohibit funding from being used to implement an executive amnesty program without congressional approval. A copy of the letter can be viewed\u00a0here.\nVideo of LaMalfa\u2019s Floor Speech may be viewed at this link:\u00a0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNrS0ZMuP7M&feature=youtu.be\nDoug LaMalfa is a lifelong farmer representing California\u2019s First Congressional District, including Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama Counties.\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://lamalfa.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/rep-lamalfa-responds-to-president-obama-s-unlawful-amnesty-plan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6877579726278782, "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"}