{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congressman-rob-menendez-hres-845-vote", "Statement by Congressman Rob Menendez on H.Res.\u00a0845 Vote", "2023-11-08", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Robert Menendez", "M001226", "menendez.house.gov", "menendez", "https://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following his \u201cNo\u201d vote on H.Res. 845, Congressman Rob Menendez released the following statement:\n\n\u201cLet me be clear: I vehemently oppose Rep. Tlaib\u2019s defense of the \u2018From the River to the Sea\u2019 chant and her inflammatory comments including those about the President. I stand with Israel in its right to self-defense and its continuing efforts to return hostages being held in Gaza to their families. And we must ensure that the events that occurred on October 7th never happen again.\n\n\u201cBut despite my objection to Rep. Tlaib\u2019s offensive and divisive rhetoric, I believe it is inappropriate to take this action against a Member for exercising their right to free speech, even if we find their words to be objectionable. Additionally, we must be mindful of the precedent that we set for this institution in each vote that we take. In the history of the House of Representatives, only 25 members have faced censure, the majority of which occurred before 1900.\n\n\u201cAnd these votes only distract us from the work that remains. A month has now passed since the brutal terrorist assault against Israel resulting in the loss of 1,400 lives. Hundreds of innocent civilians including Americans are being held hostage by Hamas, and we are seeing immense human suffering both in Israel and in Gaza. This is completely unacceptable. And as the global stage looks to the United States for leadership and assistance for one of our closest allies, this chamber has yet to pass a bipartisan aid package.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congressman-rob-menendez-hres-845-vote"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6179438680410385, "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"}