{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise-Celebrates-Strength-of-Bond-Between-United-States-and-Israel", "Scalise Celebrates Strength of Bond Between United States and Israel", "2023-07-19", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Steve Scalise", "S001176", "scalise.house.gov", "scalise", "https://scalise.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), joined House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Congressman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Congressman David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas), Congressman Max Miller (R-Ohio), and House Republicans to affirm his support for Israel. As prominent House Democrats slander Israel as \u201ca racist state,\u201d Leader Scalise reaffirmed the importance of America\u2019s relationship with Israel\u2013 its strongest democratic ally in the Middle East. Leader Scalise also thanked President Isaac Herzog of Israel for his remarks from the joint session of Congress, condemned anti-Semitism, and highlighted Israel\u2019s right to self-determination and its national defense.\n\nImage\n\nClick here or the image above to view Leader Scalise's remarks.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise-Celebrates-Strength-of-Bond-Between-United-States-and-Israel"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2432076036930084, "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"}