{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/englishespanol-diaz-balart-joins-colleagues-bipartisan-effort", "English/Espa\u0144ol: D\u00edaz-Balart Joins Colleagues in Bipartisan Effort Condemning the Maduro Regime's Siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Mario Diaz-Balart", "D000600", "mariodiazbalart.house.gov", "mariodiazbalart", "https://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mario D\u00edaz-Balart (R-FL), Chairman of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, joined Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Ranking Member Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Reps. Carlos A. Gim\u00e9nez (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Norma Torres (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) in issuing a statement condemning the Maduro regime's ongoing siege of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela:\n\n\u201cThe Maduro regime\u2019s ongoing siege of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela is a blatant violation of the Vienna Conventions. This political persecution of the six members of Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s team who have been at the Embassy for over eight months must end. The Maduro regime has cut access to water and electricity at the Embassy for weeks, an inhumane tactic which deserves clear repudiation from the international community. We unequivocally condemn these actions and call for the safe passage of these individuals to Argentina or another destination of their choosing. Maduro and his accomplices must be held accountable for their crimes.\u201d\n\nD\u00edaz-Balart se une a colegas en un esfuerzo bipartidista condenando el asedio del r\u00e9gimen de Maduro a la Embajada de Argentina en Caracas\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 El legislador Mario D\u00edaz-Blart (R-FL), presidente de la Subcomisi\u00f3n de Asignaciones sobre el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados en la Comisi\u00f3n de Asignaciones de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes, se uni\u00f3 a la congresista Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R-FL), presidenta de la Subcomisi\u00f3n del Hemisferio Occidental y el miembro de mayor rango de la Subcomisi\u00f3n, el congresista Joaqu\u00edn Castro (D-TX), junto a los representantes Carlos Gim\u00e9nez (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Norma Torres (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), y Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) en una declaraci\u00f3n condenando el continuo asedio a la Embajada de Argentina en Venezuela por parte del r\u00e9gimen de Maduro:\n\n\u201cEl continuo asedio del r\u00e9gimen de Maduro a la Embajada de Argentina en Venezuela es una flagrante violaci\u00f3n de las Convenciones de Viena. Esta persecuci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica de seis miembros del equipo de Mar\u00eda Corina Machado que han estado en la Embajada durante m\u00e1s de ocho meses debe terminar. El r\u00e9gimen de Maduro ha cortado el acceso al agua y la electricidad en la Embajada durante semanas, en una t\u00e1ctica inhumana que merece el claro repudio de todo el comunidad internacional. Condenamos inequ\u00edvocamente estas acciones y pedimos el paso seguro de estas personas a la Argentina u otro destino de su elecci\u00f3n. Maduro y sus c\u00f3mplices deben rendir cuentas por sus cr\u00edmenes\u201d.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/englishespanol-diaz-balart-joins-colleagues-bipartisan-effort"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9951447136700153, "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"}