{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-issa-introduces-most-comprehensive-iran-sanctions-legislation-congress", "Rep. Issa Introduces Most Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Legislation in Congress", "2023-10-20", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington \u2013 Today, Congressman Issa (CA-48) introduced the No Funds for Iran-Backed Terror Act, the most comprehensive legislation in Congress to fundamentally alter the direction of U.S. policy toward Iran and finally enforce America\u2019s laws \u2013 which the Biden White House has refused to do.\n\n\u201cFrom day one, Joe Biden steered his administration straight towards Tehran and began a campaign of concessions that led to the war now being waged on Israel,\u201d said Rep. Issa. \u201cThis has facilitated as much as $50 billion to Iran this year alone, which only emboldened its commitment to sponsor terrorism. It ends now.\n\nThroughout this year and particularly over the summer, the Biden Administration has systematically underenforced oil sanctions, freed Iranian funds in Iraq, which are now in Oman, and notoriously waived sanctions on September 11, 2023, to release $6 billion in funds held in South Korea which are now in Qatar. It is widely reported that these actions are part of an as-yet undeclared nuclear \u201cunderstanding\u201d with Iran.\n\nIssa described the framework of his legislation and its four primary components:\n\n\u00b7 Require the President to enforce existing sanctions on Iranian oil and certify that he is doing so.\n\n\u00b7 Suspend waiver authority so that the Biden Administration cannot abuse escrow accounts as it did to release the $6 billion from South Korea.\n\n\u00b7 Revoke waivers and re-freeze funds released from Iraq and South Korea.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-issa-introduces-most-comprehensive-iran-sanctions-legislation-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7191939987242222, "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"}