{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-newsmax-newsnation/", "ICYMI: U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins Newsmax, NewsNation", "2026-09-15", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Katie Boyd Britt", "B001319", "www.britt.senate.gov", "britt", "https://www.britt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today joined Wake Up America on Newsmax with Sharla McBride and Marc Lotter and Morning in America on NewsNation with Markie Martin. She discussed the need to win the global AI race while keeping Americans safe, the Republican Party\u2019s agenda ahead of the midterm elections, and the need for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.\n\nOn ensuring America wins the AI race while keeping Americans safe:\n\n\u201cThere is no doubt that we must win the AI race \u2026 But obviously we want to make sure that these (models) are safe. So, I think that you will see dialogue, conversation around that about whether that could be an industry-led thing or whether there needs to be safeguards put up by Congress. But regardless \u2026 we want to make sure that Americans are safe and that we continue to put us on the forefront, both when it comes to national security and innovation. We want those things to happen on our shores. We don\u2019t want to push those to China. We know that China is our greatest adversary, and we know that they want to make sure that we are weaker at every turn. So, we\u2019ll continue to have robust conversations about this, but we want to make sure that we\u2019re pushing ahead and doing it in a safe way.\u201d\n\nOn Senate Republicans\u2019 agenda ahead of the midterm elections:\n\n\u201cLook, I\u2019m hopeful that we can talk about the things that are affecting Americans every single day. I think you will hear us talk about permitting reform. We know that if we can create a space where we drive down energy costs, that affects everything from the grocery store to the gas pump. Look, that\u2019s what people are talking to me about. When I went through the grocery line, as I do every single week, we can see what those prices are, and we want to make sure that we\u2019re putting more money back in Americans\u2019 pockets. So, we are going to be talking about that \u2026 We\u2019ll be talking about the CLARITY Act, which is (about) the digital assets and the crypto space. I think you\u2019ll hear some conversation about NIL, and you\u2019ll hear some other conversations about data centers. I want to make sure that that Ratepayer Protection Pledge that President Trump so boldly put in front of the American people \u2026 I want to see that put into law \u2026\u201d\n\nOn what\u2019s at stake in November:\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s more hard work ahead of us, but I think you will see this gap closing, and you\u2019ll also see it closing, because we are going to position in front of the American people the very stark contrast they see between Republicans and Democrats, and that\u2019s between common sense and actual liberal leftist lunatics that are \u2026 running the Democratic Party. They have taken over. You see that from the Senate races to the congressional races \u2026[Y]ou have Congressional candidates that have said that they use the American flag to wipe their hands. You have them associating themselves with someone like Hasan Piker, who said that we deserved 9/11 \u2026 They\u2019re sympathetic to Islamic jihadists \u2026 This isn\u2019t just a difference between \u2018how do we drive down debt?\u2019 \u2013 I wish that that was the conversation. This is fundamentally changing who we are as a nation. When you see what the Democrats are putting forth in these elections, and I think we\u2019ll make that stark contrast in front of the American people and ultimately win the day.\u201d\n\nOn the importance of the House passing Russia sanctions legislation:\n\n\u201cWell, Lindsey said before he passed away\u2014I talked to him about 48 hours before\u2014and he said this would be the most consequential piece of legislation that he had ever had an opportunity to be behind. This was two, three years in the making, working to get this right, making sure that we could give President Trump the tools he needed to actually hold Putin accountable. Look, this is a now or never moment for the House of Representatives. We\u2019ve heard Democrats say, \u2018oh, we don\u2019t want to give Trump these tools.\u2019 Well, you\u2019ve been saying for years you want to bring peace between Russia and Ukraine; you want to make sure that you keep Ukrainian people safe. We have Putin on his heels. This is kind of the last layer, if you will, if President Trump has these tools to hold Putin accountable to end his war machine, those that are actually funding it, everything from the shadow fleet to the energy sector, defense sector, to oligarchs. This is what he needs to bring him to the table and bring resolution to it. So, I hope that they will actually do the right thing and vote for the rule today, and then ultimately vote for final passage tomorrow. So, I think the world needs this. For years we\u2019ve been talking about how do we bring resolution? I think this is the last piece of the puzzle. Senator Lindsey Graham said it\u2019s time to stand up and do the right thing, and I hope that that\u2019s what we\u2019ll see them do today and tomorrow.\u201d\n\nYou can watch her Newsmax interview here and her News Nation interview here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-16T09:43:13Z", "2026-09-16T09:44:22Z"]], "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.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-newsmax-newsnation/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6857911832630634, "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"}