{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://franklin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=279", "Franklin Calls on Biden Administration to Keep FARC on Designated Terrorist List", "2021-11-26", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Scott Franklin", "F000472", "franklin.house.gov", "franklin", "https://franklin.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Representative Scott Franklin (FL-15), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to a report that the Biden Administration plans to remove the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations:\n\nOnce again, the Biden Administration is signaling weakness to our enemies and allies through its plan to remove the FARC as a designated terrorist group. The FARC are a ruthless terrorist group responsible for the deaths of countless innocent people. For decades it has used extortion, kidnapping, murder, terrorism, and drug trafficking to threaten regional security.\n\nThe FARC has allied itself with the worst actors in our hemisphere, including the Maduro regime in Venezuela, and has proven to be an international menace. Thousands of Colombian Americans living in Florida know all too well the terrible crimes this group has committed. It is on their behalf that I call on the Biden Administration to cease its plans to remove the FARC from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations.\n\nRelated News\n\nFranklin Supports Passage of 2023 National Defense Authorization Act\n\nMarch 29, 2023 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nFranklin and Colleagues Demand Answers from Pentagon Regarding Senior Official\u2019s Racially Divisive Statements\n\nJanuary 11, 2023 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nFranklin Applauds House Passage of Critical Defense Bill\n\nJuly 20, 2022 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nFranklin Secures Key Provisions in 2023 House Defense Spending Bill\n\nJune 24, 2022 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nFranklin, Bacon, Lamb, and Carbajal Introduce Bill to Establish the Technology Competitiveness Council\n\nJune 22, 2022 | Posted in Press Releases", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://franklin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=279"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8043569289147854, "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"}