{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=188", "Rep. Becca Balint to Vote \u2018NO\u2019 on Republican\u2019s Israel-Only Supplemental Funding", "2024-02-06", "2024", "2024-02", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Becca Balint", "B001318", "balint.house.gov", "balint", "https://balint.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Speaker Johnson follows Trump Demands; Brings Bill to Floor Without Humanitarian Aid or Ukraine Funding\n\nWashington, D.C - Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) issued the following statement on her opposition to HR 7217, the Israel-only supplemental funding bill:\n\n\u201cSpeaker Johnson\u2019s Israel-only supplemental does nothing to aid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, bring security to the region or protect Ukrainian sovereignty. I have long been a strong advocate for Israel\u2019s right to exist and to defend itself, within the bounds of international law. But I cannot support any aid package that does not immediately surge robust humanitarian assistance to the millions of Palestinian families suffering in Gaza. As President Biden made clear today, this is a cheap political ploy from Republicans that would be dead on arrival in the White House.\n\n\u201cCongress must act to support democratic allies around the world. This is an urgent matter of delivering resources and relief to real people suffering. However, Republicans have chosen to elevate this piece of standalone legislation, again showing their willingness to hand Putin a strategic win and ignore the dire crisis in Gaza. I will vote \u201cno\u201d on this type of cynical legislation until a comprehensive aid package is brought to the floor.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:21:00Z"]], "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": ["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=188"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7940060459077358, "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"}