{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-sasse-introduce-bill-to-block-taliban-access-to-chabahar-port", "Cotton, Sasse Introduce Bill to Block Taliban Access to Chabahar Port", "2021-09-21", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353\n\nSeptember 21, 2021\n\nCotton, Sasse Introduce Bill to Block Taliban Access to Chabahar Port\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) today introduced the No Harbor for Terror Act to revoke the Afghanistan exception to the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which currently provides Afghanistan with access to the Chabahar Port for exports. Text of the legislation may be found here.\n\n\u201cIran\u2019s Chabahar Port provides a lifeline for Afghanistan\u2019s trade exports, but the United States shouldn\u2019t continue to waive sanctions for a nation now run by a terrorist organization. Our legislation would revoke Afghanistan\u2019s exception and limit the Taliban and Iranian regime\u2019s ability to use the Port as a harbor for their illicit trade,\u201d said Cotton.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s shameful surrender has put the Taliban back in charge of Afghanistan,\u201d said Sasse. \u201cWhy on earth should these bloodthirsty terrorists now enjoy the economic benefits from access to an Iranian controlled port? It\u2019s time to ditch this sanctions waiver.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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-sasse-introduce-bill-to-block-taliban-access-to-chabahar-port"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6518340669572353, "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"}