{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-and-mcconnell-to-introduce-legislation-to-freeze-6-billion-payment-to-iran-immediately", "Cotton and McConnell to Introduce Legislation to Freeze $6 Billion Payment to Iran Immediately", "2023-10-11", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353\n\nOctober 11, 2023\n\nCotton and McConnell to Introduce Legislation to Freeze $6 Billion Payment to Iran Immediately\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) today announced they will introduce and seek unanimous consent to pass legislation to block Iran from accessing the $6 billion in funds that the Biden administration released in August.\n\n\u201cIran is the world\u2019s worst state sponsor of terrorism. In addition to funding Hamas\u2019s devastating terrorist attacks against Israel, the regime\u2019s proxies have attacked dozens of American targets in the region in recent years. The Biden administration\u2019s decision to let Iran access the $6 billion immediately freed up other money for the regime to fund its attacks in Israel. The Biden administration should immediately re-freeze the funds,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\n\u201cThe path of resources, training, and lethal weapons from Tehran to terrorists throughout the Middle East is crystal clear. On Saturday, it enabled cold-blooded killers like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to perpetrate the deadliest day of violence against Jews in decades,\u201d said Leader McConnell. \u201cThe civilized world must re-impose serious consequences on the regime that aids and abets murderous evil against innocent Israelis. The United States must lead that effort by our example, and freezing Iranian assets is an important first step.\u201d\n\nText of the bill may be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-and-mcconnell-to-introduce-legislation-to-freeze-6-billion-payment-to-iran-immediately"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6639368366450071, "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"}