{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=488ED427-88AF-4170-8C4D-BAF74A3207D2", "CT House Delegation Statement On Russia Sanctions Bill", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Jahana Hayes", "H001081", "hayes.house.gov", "hayes", "https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-05), John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) issued the following statement after voting \u201cno\u201d on H.R. 10076, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.\n\n\u201cLast June, the U.S. House passed a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill, H.R. 2913, to support the brave nation of Ukraine along with new military assistance to Ukraine, which is critically needed. The sanctions provisions in H.R. 2913 provided enforcement language that would ensure President Trump implemented the bill. The Lindsay Graham Senate bill, H.R. 10076, removed the sanctions enforcement language and left the decision to sanction totally within the discretion of the President, who has repeatedly demonstrated bias towards Russia\u2019s war goals of seizing the eastern Donbas.\n\nFurthermore, this bill would only enable the President\u2019s penchant for imposing reckless tariffs at the expense of the American consumer \u2013 effectively handing the President the power to raise costs on American workers and families by more than $8,000 a year\u2013 while providing zero additional military assistance for Ukraine. Our delegation has staunchly supported Ukraine and are determined to provide tangible assistance as well as enforceable sanctions against Putin\u2019s war machine.\n\nWe recognize the Senate\u2019s hard work and applaud Senator Blumenthal and his colleagues for their efforts. Due to our concerns, we could not vote for this bill in its current form and remain committed to continuing to stand unwaveringly with the Ukrainian people and enacting tough sanctions that hold the Putin regime accountable.\n\nThe Senate bill falls short of those goals, and we believe it is time to redouble efforts to pass the original House bill.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "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://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=488ED427-88AF-4170-8C4D-BAF74A3207D2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8384953252971172, "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"}