{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-reacts-to-jerusalem-announcement-by-trump", "Cardin Reacts to Jerusalem Announcement by Trump", "2017-12-06", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Benjamin Cardin", "C000141", "www.cardin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 06, 2017\n\t\t\t Cardin Reacts to Jerusalem Announcement by Trump \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement Wednesday in reaction to President Trump\u2019s announcement that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and eventually relocate the American embassy there from Tel Aviv:\r\n\u201cThe President\u2019s announcement today implements what Congress affirmed in 1995 with the passage of the Jerusalem Embassy Act:\u00a0 Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel and the location of the U.S. Embassy should reflect this fact.\u00a0 Going forward, it is critical that all religious and ethnic groups continue to have access to Jerusalem.\u00a0\r\n\u201cI expect that in advance of the President\u2019s announcement appropriate planning and precautions were taken to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel and facilities, and also that careful consideration and consultations focused on not exacerbating conflicts in a region already suffering from unprecedented levels of violence.\r\n\u201cI look forward to learning more about the Administration\u2019s plans for restarting direct negotiations for a just, sustainable two-state solution.\u201d\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-reacts-to-jerusalem-announcement-by-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6776449736207724, "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"}