{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-jason-crow-accepts-appointment-to-nato-parliamentary-assembly", "Congressman Jason Crow Accepts Appointment to NATO Parliamentary Assembly", "2022-10-04", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), former Army Ranger and member of the House Armed Services and House Intelligence Committees, today accepted Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s appointment to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. NATO Parliamentary Assembly members serve as an essential link between NATO and member nations across the Atlantic Alliance, facilitating open dialogue among members to influence critical decisions related to defense and diplomacy.\n\nSpeaker Pelosi announced the appointment today during the House\u2019s pro forma session.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve spent my career safeguarding our country. We know America is stronger and safer when we build alliances in support of security, human rights, and democracy. I\u2019m proud to be appointed by Speaker Pelosi to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to represent America\u2019s interests with the alliance,\u201d said Congressman Crow.\n\nThe NATO Parliamentary Assembly was created in 1955 to provide a unique, specialized forum for members of parliament to provide greater transparency of NATO policies and foster better understanding of the Alliance\u2019s objectives and missions among legislators and citizens. The Assembly is a separate institution from NATO\u2019s main political decision-making body of 30 governments. Since the Cold War, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has assumed the role of integrating into its work parliamentarians from countries seeking a closer association with NATO. By strengthening parliamentary democracy throughout the Euro-Atlantic region and beyond, NATO Parliamentary Assembly complements and reinforces NATO\u2019s partnership and cooperation.\n\nCrow has recently led efforts to strengthen ties with U.S. international allies, including introducing bipartisan legislation to improve the intelligence community\u2019s ability to assess the will to fightof allies, allow U.S. contributions to NATO to be used for improving climate resilience of our NATO partners\u2019 military installations, and to honor our promises to U.S. friends and partners in Afghanistan with the introduction of theAfghan Adjustment Act.\n\nLast December, Crow led a U.S. Congressional delegation to Kyiv to discuss Russia\u2019s military aggression in Ukraine and in April, he joined Speaker Pelosi in a Congressional delegation visit with President Zelensky. Crow continues to advocate for humanitarian and military assistance to support Ukraine\u2019s fight for its freedom, which includes requestingadditional military aid, urging expedited immigration status, and pressing for critical medical support for Ukrainians and nearby NATO countries.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "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://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-jason-crow-accepts-appointment-to-nato-parliamentary-assembly"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9603108521550894, "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"}