{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/release-rokita-obama-needs-act-decisively-stop-domestic-spying", "Release - Rokita: Obama Needs to Act Decisively to Stop Domestic Spying", "2013-11-07", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Todd Rokita", "R000592", "rokita.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "November 7, 2013\nContact: Zach Zagar  \n\tPhone: (202) 225-5037  \n\tE-mail: zach.zagar@mail.house.gov\n\u00a0\nObama Needs to Act Decisively to Stop Domestic Spying  Administration Should Show Same Concern for Americans\u2019 Privacy Shown to Foreign Nations \nWashington, DC \u2013 Today Rep. Todd Rokita released the following statement in response to recent remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry pledging review and reform of the National Security Agency\u2019s intelligence gathering related to foreign officials and citizens.\u00a0\n\u201cWith revelation after revelation emerging about the NSA spying on Americans\u2019 phone calls and electronic communications, it is far past time the Administration take responsibility for abuses and invasions of Americans\u2019 privacy.\u00a0 The Administration needs to affirm to the American people that it will act swiftly to end invasions of our privacy like Secretary Kerry did last week in regard to the NSA\u2019s surveillance activities abroad,\u201d Rokita said.\u00a0 \u201cMeanwhile, I will continue my work on a bipartisan basis to rein in the NSA\u2019s domestic surveillance operations and protect Americans\u2019 privacy.\nRep. Rokita has been leading on addressing NSA abuses of Americans\u2019 Fourth Amendment protections.\u00a0\u00a0 Most recently he co-authored bipartisan legislation called the USA Freedom Act to address NSA abuses.\u00a0 The USA Freedom Act makes reforms to end the dragnet collection of Americans\u2019 phone records under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and ensure that other authorities cannot be used to justify similar dragnet collection. The bill also provides more safeguards for warrantless surveillance.\nIn September, Rep. Rokita introduced legislation to establish a Select Committee to investigate and report on the surveillance operations of the National Security Administration.\nEarlier this year Rep. Rokita, along with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), introduced the Ending Secret Law Act, to require declassification of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) decisions.\n-30-", 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://rokita.house.gov/press-release/release-rokita-obama-needs-act-decisively-stop-domestic-spying"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9304150007665157, "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"}