{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-leads-hellenic-caucus-in-introducing-oxi-day-resolution-1", "Pappas Leads Hellenic Caucus in Introducing Oxi Day Resolution", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, is leading bipartisan members of the Hellenic Caucus in introducing a resolution to designate October 28th as Oxi Day.\n\nOn October 28, 1940, Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas refused to surrender to Axis forces, answering \"Oxi!\" - or \"No!\" - to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's 3 A.M. ultimatum that he allow Axis forces to freely enter Greece or face war. Prime Minister Metaxas' refusal to relent to fascism sparked a national resistance movement and Greece ultimately became the first country to repel the Axis invasion. Greece's resistance required Nazi forces to delay their invasion of Russia to intervene in the Greco-Italian War, a delay which caused the Nazi regime to face a brutal Russian winter which hindered their advance and ultimately led to their eventual defeat.\n\n\u201cEight-five years ago, the Greek people demonstrated unprecedented bravery and determination in their refusal to bow to the Axis Powers during World War II. Decades later, we continue to recognize how this monumental decision shaped history,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cAs a proud Greek-American, I\u2019m honored to lead this resolution to honor Greece\u2019s role in defending democracy during World War II and our shared commitment to standing up to those who violate another nation\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongressman Pappas, thank you for highlighting Greece\u2019s first defeat of Hitler\u2019s Axis Forces in WWII following Oxi Day, the day Greece said \u201cNo\u201d (\u201cOxi\u201d in Greek) to surrender. Hitler himself credited Greece\u2019s amazing courage as causing the delay that led to his defeat. Hitler\u2019s photographer in her memoirs quoted him as saying, \u2018Had the Italians not attacked Greece and had they not needed our help, the war would have taken a different course. We would have had time to capture Leningrad and Moscow before the Russian cold set in,\u2019\u201d said Andy Manatos, President and Founder of the Washington Oxi Day Foundation.\n\nCongressman Pappas was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation recognizing Oxi Day. Pappas first introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October 28th as Oxi Day in 2019. He has done so every year since, each time with bipartisan support.", 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://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-leads-hellenic-caucus-in-introducing-oxi-day-resolution-1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8899408169090748, "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"}