{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1125", "ICYMI: Bergman Blasts Biden, Bureaucrats for Dropping International Ball Ahead of Israel Attacks", "2023-10-11", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Jack Bergman", "B001301", "bergman.house.gov", "bergman", "https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington - This week, Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI) detailed the failings of the Biden Administration leading up to the heinous attacks on our ally, Israel, in a radio interview. From the $6 Billion \u201cbad business deal\u201d of prisoner exchange funds for Iran, to the feckless non-response from the White House when confronted with Qatar\u2019s insidious money-funneling, Rep. Bergman chastised the Administration for their dereliction of duty.\n\nBergman explained, \u201cThe message that Iran and Hamas basically sent, and have always sent, is \u2018it\u2019s our way or the highway\u2019. They don\u2019t recognize Israel\u2026and the hatred there drives the message.\u201d He also underscored an element of this crisis that is being largely overlooked by the media, but is still a key aspect of our bureaucratic enabling of Iran and Hamas:\n\n\u201cThe Biden Administration has allowed Qatar to play kind of a behind-the-scenes middleman role on the banking and all of the transfer of funds \u2013 that $6 Billion \u2013 and there is worse than nefarious activity on the part of the Qatari banks\u2026thanks to the Biden Administration\u2019s spineless approach to a tough situation that can affect the entire world, especially now with entities like China and Russia looking on to see what\u2019s happening.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1125"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9049647487699986, "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"}