{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-thompson-president-trump-s-afghanistan-deployment-announcement", "Congressman Thompson on President Trumps Afghanistan Deployment Announcement", "2017-08-22", "2017", "2017-08", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Thompson on President Trump\u2019s Afghanistan Deployment Announcement\n\u00a0\nWashington \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) issued the following statement concerning President Trump\u2019s recent announcement to deploy more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.\n\u00a0\n\u201cLast night, President Trump told Americans everywhere his intent to deploy thousands of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThis is without a doubt, an act he certainly has not thought out. His careless effort to put American lives in danger will not aide in ending the war or bringing our troops home. Trump, yet again, is acting without a plan, causing the American people to suffer in the end.\u201d", 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": ["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-thompson-president-trump-s-afghanistan-deployment-announcement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.85666892118752, "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"}