{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-calls-for-us-backing-of-kurdistan-against-terrorism", "Rohrabacher Calls for U.S. Backing of Kurdistan Against Terrorism", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Dana Rohrabacher", "R000409", "rohrabacher.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, today released the following statement:\nIt has been reported that President Trump, in a telephone conversation with Turkey\u2019s President Erdogan, indicated a willingness to stop American arms shipments to Kurdish fighters. The United States has already backed away from Kurds in Iraq who are fighting Iranian-backed militias.\nIn fact, the Kurds for many years have been our most courageous allies in the struggle against radical Islam. Our policy should be to support friends, not betray them. The U.S. appears to be currying favor with an enemy by betraying a friend.\nMaking the situation even more indefensible, we are placating Erdogan, who is taking Turkey down the road to Islamic dictatorship, inevitably putting it in the ranks of the terrorists. The Kurds have been a major force against radical Islamic terrorism. It is unconscionable to abandon them. Compounding the immorality, we are abandoning those Kurds with whom we fought in common cause in Syria. \nThis will be sending exactly the wrong message.\n\u00a0\n####################\n\u00a0\nKenneth Grubbs, 202-225-2415", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-calls-for-us-backing-of-kurdistan-against-terrorism"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.7256200555711985, "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"}