{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-asks-experts-georgia-about-impact-american-sponsored", "Congressman Cohen Asks Experts on Georgia about the Impact of American-Sponsored Media and U.S. A.I.D.", "2025-09-10", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today expressed his disappointment at the dissolution of democracy in the Republic of Georgia.\n\nIn a hearing entitled \u201cFrom Partner to Problem: Georgia\u2019s Anti-American Turn,\u201d Congressman Cohen focused on the role of American programs like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S. A.I.D) in promoting freedom and improving health, education and agriculture in the country. All the witnesses agreed that these U.S.-funded programs played a crucial role in promoting democracy in Georgia, and they will be sorely missed after Trump dismantled them earlier this year. These programs helped the Georgian people as well as fostered good relations between the U.S. and Georgia.\n\nSee his opening statement here.\n\nSee his exchange with hearing witnesses here.\n\nWitnesses at today\u2019s hearing were:\n\nPresident Salome Zourabichvili;\n\nTinatin Khidashel, Former Minister of Defense of Georgia;\n\nLuke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-asks-experts-georgia-about-impact-american-sponsored"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9827772155404091, "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"}