{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcgarvey-demands-answers-on-billion-dollar-bailout-for-argentina", "McGarvey Demands Answers on Billion Dollar Bailout for Argentina", "2025-10-21", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This week, Congressman Morgan McGarvey joined a group of Democratic lawmakers to call on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide immediate answers regarding the Trump administration\u2019s $20 billion bailout of Argentina.\n\nThe members expressed concerns that the bailout is an inappropriate use of U.S. taxpayer funds to influence Argentina\u2019s upcoming election in favor of President Trump\u2019s political ally, Argentine President Javier Milei. They also highlighted the bailout\u2019s detrimental impact on American farmers, particularly soybean producers, and a potential conflict of interest involving a close associate of the Trump administration who stands to financially benefit from the arrangement. Adding to the outrage, President Trump suggested yesterday that the U.S. government would purchase beef from Argentina, a direct betrayal of American ranchers.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump has explicitly conditioned the bailout on the electoral success in this month\u2019s elections of President Milei\u2019s party,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cThe U.S. Treasury\u2019s authorities to address international financial crises, which are meant for situations that present a genuine U.S. national interest, should not be used to influence elections abroad. In this regard, President Trump has not only conditioned the loan on President Milei\u2019s electoral prospects, but he has also noted that the United States will not benefit from the bailout.\u201d\n\nThe members continued, \u201cDue to the Trump administration\u2019s failed trade policy, China purchased almost no American soybeans from May to August of this year. As American farmers struggle, Brazil has set records in its soybean exports to China and Argentina is following suit after capitalizing on the Trump administration\u2019s promise of a bailout. American farmers need relief. American farmers need restored market access.\u201d\n\nFull text of the letter is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcgarvey-demands-answers-on-billion-dollar-bailout-for-argentina"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3231057673692703, "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"}