{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=839", "LABRADOR REACTS TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS WITH IRAN & PASTOR ABEDINI", "2013-09-30", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Ra\u00fal Labrador", "L000573", "labrador.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 Rep. Ra\u00fal Labrador (R-ID) released the following statement today after it was revealed that President Obama advocated for the release of American pastor Saeed Abedini as part of his historic phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cI commend President Obama for advocating for the release of Pastor Abedini in his first conversation with Iran\u2019s President,\u201d said Rep. Labrador.\u00a0 \u201cHowever, I am concerned that the Iranian government is more interested in words than actions.\u00a0 If the Iranian government is sincerely committed to action, a good first step would be to immediately release Pastor Abedini.\u00a0 All negotiations with Iran should end until that basic humanitarian action has been taken.\u201d\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tPastor Abedini, a resident of Boise, Idaho, is serving an eight-year sentence in Iran for \u201cthreatening the national security\u201d of that country.\u00a0 In reality, he was in Iran to work on a new orphanage.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=839"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3702670112252235, "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"}