{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-salazar-questions-secretary-state-blinken-venezuela-colombia-and-cuba", "Rep. Salazar Questions Secretary of State Blinken on Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba at House Foreign Relations Committee Hearing", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Maria Elvira Salazar", "S000168", "salazar.house.gov", "salazar", "https://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (FL-27) questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken on important issues regarding Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba during a House Foreign Relations Committee hearing.\n\nCongresswoman Salazar began her questioning with Venezuela. She asked Secretary Blinken directly if the Biden Administration plans to cancel the oil licenses of international companies operating in Venezuela before January 10, 2025, the day when dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is expected to illegitimately take office for another term.\n\nTo watch Secretary Blinken's response, click here.\n\nCongresswoman Salazar then asked Secretary Blinken about the request for a presidential pardon made by Colombian President Gustavo Petro. President Petro has asked the Biden Administration to grant a Presidential Pardon to convicted FARC terrorist leader Sim\u00f3n Trinidad, who is serving a 60-year sentence in a United States federal prison for kidnapping three American citizens.\n\nTo watch Secretary Blinken's response, and Congresswoman Salazar's recommendation to him, click here.\n\nTo conclude her questioning during the Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Representative Salazar asked Secretary Blinken if the Biden Administration plans to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, or if Cuba\u2019s status is currently under review for removal before January 20, 2025.\n\nTo watch Secretary Blinken's response, and Congresswoman Salazar's reaction to Secretary Blinken's commitment, click here.\n\nTo watch the full line of questioning by Congresswoman Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar to Secretary of State Blinken, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-salazar-questions-secretary-state-blinken-venezuela-colombia-and-cuba"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6903940811753273, "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"}