{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-sunday-night-in-america-on-fox-news-channel/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Sunday Night in America on Fox News Channel", "2026-08-03", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News Channel to discuss the ongoing conflict in Iran, efforts to dismantle Hamas, and next steps towards peace.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cPresident Trump wants a peaceful resolution; I think the whole country wants a peaceful resolution. He did use the word \u2018rapidly\u2019 make an agreement. If the Iranians don\u2019t come to the table and rapidly make an agreement to end their nuclear program and reopen the Strait, then President Trump is going to bomb the hell out of them again. They know what\u2019s coming. President Trump has been transparent with them every single step of the way, and he\u2019s kept his word. I think all of us want this war to come to an end, but at the same time President Trump\u2019s legacy will be to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon and he\u2019s intent on making sure that\u2019s the case.\u201d\n\n\u201cYou\u2019re dealing with different factions, you\u2019re dealing with a radicalized military, you\u2019re dealing with a governing class in Iran who I think really does want to make a deal because they have been brought to their knees, they know what the American military is capable of, and I don\u2019t think they have seen the worst of it\u2026President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure, and he\u2019s willing and able to do it again, but he\u2019s taking another pause to give them a chance to come to the table. Reopening the Strait is something we see immediate results from. We know when they keep up their end of the deal and reopen the Strait what that looks like, and we also know the repercussions when they don\u2019t.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Hamas Disarmament:\n\n\u201cWhat President Trump did in the first term with the Abraham Accords and negotiating peace in the Middle East and what he is trying to do in this term in ending Iran\u2019s nuclear program, he\u2019s trying to negotiate peace between Hamas and Israel, it\u2019s unbelievable\u2026. But if Hamas will lay down their weapons and disarm themselves and President Trump can negotiate peace between Hamas and Israel, it would be another example of the incredible negotiating power and the leadership of President Trump. Israel is hopeful, but let\u2019s face it, Hamas is a deadly terrorist group, a proxy of Iran that is funded by the Iranians. Let\u2019s hope something good will come of this. I trust President Trump, and I believe he\u2019s capable of negotiating something here that is historic.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"]], "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://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-sunday-night-in-america-on-fox-news-channel/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8525536395609379, "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"}