{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2022/02/23/id-df394790-1335-47a3-b0bd-ee766239f5d5/", "Statement on Ukraine", "2022-02-23", "2022", "2022-02", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Contact:\n\nAlexah Rogge\n\n202-225-6611\n\nalexah.rogge@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Fulcher released the following statement on the ongoing situation in Ukraine:\n\n\u201cIn his first year in office, President Biden hurt US energy independence and the ability to export gas and oil to Europe, while simultaneously supporting Putin\u2019s monopolization of European energy production through completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in September 2021. I fought against giving Russia this power.\n\nPresident Biden continues to show weakness as Russia threatens to invade more of Ukraine; just like he witnessed while Vice President under President Obama whose indecisiveness led to Putin taking Crimea.\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s speech is too little too late and only articulated to Putin that any non-NATO country is free game and that the \u201cconsequences\u201d for invading a sovereign country are equivalent to a slap on the wrist.\n\nBorders matter both in the United States and in Ukraine. Yet President Biden has made it clear that borders are meaningless.\n\nThis disaster has the potential to stir up the continent and embolden adversaries like China, Iran, and North Korea. American \u2018boots on the ground\u2019 should not be deployed. But it is past time to reverse Biden\u2018s domestic energy production policy so American exports can bolster our economy and reduce European dependence on Russia.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:57:46Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2022/02/23/id-df394790-1335-47a3-b0bd-ee766239f5d5/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6359412111341953, "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"}