{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=339", "Rep. Becca Balint on Netanyahu\u2019s Joint Address to Congress", "2024-07-24", "2024", "2024-07", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Becca Balint", "B001318", "balint.house.gov", "balint", "https://balint.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C \u2013 Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) released the following statement announcing she will not attend Netanyahu\u2019s address to Congress and instead join families of the hostages taken in the October 7 attack for counter programming:\n\n\u201cNetanyahu should not be welcomed here in the US Congress. He should be spending every waking moment working to bring the hostages home, securing a ceasefire, and ending this catastrophic war. His reckless decisions and deadly offensive since the horrifying attacks on October 7 have killed thousands of Palestinians and brought famine to over a million people in a devastated Gaza. His address before Congress will not further the goals of peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians, but rather will serve as a distraction from the Prime Minister's failure of leadership.\n\n\u201cHis own people are deeply disturbed by the actions of their Prime Minister, with 72% of Israelis in favor of his resignation. I stand with Israelis in stressing that Netanyahu's leadership has not brought peace and security. Instead, it has greatly reduced the chance of ever achieving a two-state solution. The United States must use all its leverage to bring an end to this war and find a political solution that serves all Israelis and Palestinians.\n\n\u201cI vehemently object to giving the prime minister a platform in the U.S. Congress when his failed leadership has brought so much death and destruction to Palestinians and Israelis.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "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=339"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6766798906028271, "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"}