{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-affirms-support-for-israel-opposes-gop-s-politically-motivated-bill", "Pappas Affirms Support for Israel, Opposes GOP\u2019s Politically Motivated Bill", "2024-05-16", "2024", "2024-05", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released a statement following the House vote on H.R. 8369:\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s support for the people of Israel must remain firm in the face of the gravest threat to their existence in a generation, and I will never back down from our bipartisan security commitments to Israel. This legislation does absolutely nothing to help Israel and is a cynically partisan move by Speaker Johnson and Republicans who spent months blocking a comprehensive security package. There is simply no time for politics when it comes to U.S. foreign policy, our national security interests, and the assistance required to defeat Hamas and support innocent civilians. I remain concerned by President Biden\u2019s intention to delay certain weapons shipments to Israel and the message that sends to Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist proxies. America must never neglect our obligation to support our allies in their times of need.\"\n\nIn April, Pappas voted to pass H.R. 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provided $26 billion in funding to support Israel\u2019s war against Hamas, as well as humanitarian relief.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"]], "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://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-affirms-support-for-israel-opposes-gop-s-politically-motivated-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7983129471540451, "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"}