{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzales.house.gov/2021/11/congressman-gonzales-joins-congressional-delegation-southeast-asia-support", "Congressman Gonzales Joins Congressional Delegation to Southeast Asia in Support of USINDOPACOM", "2021-11-16", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Tony Gonzales", "G000594", "gonzales.house.gov", "gonzales", "https://gonzales.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressional Delegation Met with Officials in the Philippines, Taiwan, and India to Strengthen Ties with Critical Allies.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) last week joined a congressional delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Senator and India Caucus Co-Chair John Cornyn (R-TX) on a trip to southeast Asia. The delegation, which included Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Congressman Jake Ellzey (TX-6), visited key allies and partners across southeast Asia in an effort to support the Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)\u2019s mission to build security cooperation in the region and strengthen bilateral ties with key allies following COVID-19.\n\n\u201cDuring my time as an active duty servicemember, I was stationed in Hawaii and saw how important the United States\u2019 presence is to the Indo-Pacific region,\u201d said Congressman Gonzales. \u201cNow more than ever, with the rise of China, our partners in Taiwan, India and the Philippines play a critical role in protecting democracy throughout southeast Asia, and I appreciated the opportunity to meet with them last week to understand firsthand the challenges they are facing in the region.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Indo-Pacific is the largest military theater in the world, and our allies there are invaluable to ensuring we can counter China\u2019s overreach,\u201d said Senator Cornyn. \u201cOur delegation was able to see firsthand the issues facing countries from mainland India to island partners in the Pacific, and I am grateful to our host nations and our servicemembers stationed there.\u201d\n\nView photos from the trip here.\n\nMembers of the delegation pictured with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.", 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://gonzales.house.gov/2021/11/congressman-gonzales-joins-congressional-delegation-southeast-asia-support"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.596913207322359, "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"}