{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-president-sets-dangerous-precedent", "Pittenger: President sets dangerous precedent", "2014-12-04", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\u00a0\n CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER:\u00a0 PRESIDENT OBAMA\u2019S IMMIGRATION ACTION SETS DANGEROUS PRECEDENTCo-Sponsors Legislation to Prevent Current and Future Acts of Executive Overreach \n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON \u2013 This morning, Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 5759, the Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act, which Congressman Pittenger co-sponsored. \u201cEvery American should be concerned by the President\u2019s unconstitutional grab of power.\u00a0 If the President can change this law, what prevents him from this abuse of power in other policies? \u201cThis is not the only action the House will take to restrict the overreach of the President, and I am committed to continuing our efforts in the coming weeks and into the next session of Congress.\u201d H.R. 5759 upholds Constitutional provisions stating that Congress establishes Naturalization laws while the President \u201cshall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.\u201d\u00a0 H.R. 5759 applies to both current and future Executive Actions, preventing future Presidents (Republican or Democrat) from bypassing the Constitution via executive action. H.R. 5759 passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a bipartisan majority of 219-197. Full video of Congressman Pittenger\u2019s speech in support of H.R. 5759 is available on Congressman Pittenger\u2019s YouTube page and website.\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://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-president-sets-dangerous-precedent"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.660718884319067, "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"}