{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=338427", "Foxx Statement on Foreign Aid Funding in House Continuing Resolution", "2012-09-13", "2012", "2012-09", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Virginia Foxx", "F000450", "foxx.house.gov", "foxx", "https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement concerning unacceptable foreign aid commitments in the Continuing Resolution considered today in the House of Representatives:\n\n\u201cAs my voting record to-date shows, I have acted time-and-again to ensure funding for critical federal obligations, but the tragic events of this week demand a review of our policies regarding foreign aid.\n\n\u201cUnder the current circumstances and without the proper safeguards, it is absurd to commit American taxpayers to support foreign countries and entities that fail to secure our diplomats or are unapologetically hostile to our liberties or our allies abroad.\n\n\u201cBecause the Continuing Resolution does not resolve my concerns with foreign aid, I could not support it at this time.\n\n\u201cIt is my hope that when the short-term funding bill expires in six months\u2019 time Congress will take action to better control and restrict funding for objectionable foreign assistance.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:11:34Z"]], "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://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=338427"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7903790101408958, "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"}