{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-condemns-bidens-ransom-payment-to-iran", "Cotton Condemns Biden\u2019s \u201cRansom Payment\u201d to Iran", "2023-09-11", "2023", "2023-09", "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\nSeptember 11, 2023\n\nCotton Condemns Biden\u2019s \u201cRansom Payment\u201d to Iran\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Biden administration approved the transfer of $6 billion to Iran in exchange for the release of five American citizens:\n\n\u201cFirst Joe Biden used 9/11 as an excuse to flee Afghanistan. Now he desecrates this day by paying ransom to the world\u2019s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Shameful.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "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-condemns-bidens-ransom-payment-to-iran"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9251160081475973, "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"}