{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-senate-republicans-blocking-national-security-funding-package", "Blumenthal Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking National Security Funding Package", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "www.blumenthal.senate.gov", "blumenthal", "https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, DC] \u2013 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement after the Senate failed to move ahead with a supplemental funding package for national security priorities, including the war in Ukraine:\n\n\u201cChampagne corks are popping in the Kremlin\u2019s halls \u2013 celebrating this setback for Ukraine\u2019s democracy and ours. I am still hopeful that my colleagues will come together to provide Ukraine with the tools it needs to turn back Russia\u2019s savage assault. If this vote stands and our support falters, Ukraine may well fall and our own national security could be severely endangered. Let\u2019s show Putin that our democracy still works. Not just Russia, but all of our adversaries and allies, indeed the whole world, is watching.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-senate-republicans-blocking-national-security-funding-package"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1761059761047363, "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"}