{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-bidens-shift-in-taiwan-policy", "Cotton Statement on Biden\u2019s Shift in Taiwan Policy", "2022-05-23", "2022", "2022-05", "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\nMay 23, 2022\n\nCotton Statement on Biden\u2019s Shift in Taiwan Policy\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) issued the following statement regarding President Biden\u2019s recent comments about Taiwan:\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve long said that we should change our Taiwan policy from \u2018strategic ambiguity\u2019 to \u2018strategic clarity\u2019: the United States will come to the defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. As usual, strategic clarity and military strength is the best way to deter China. Given President Biden\u2019s apparent policy shift in off-the-cuff remarks at a press conference in Japan, followed by anonymous White House aides trying to \u2018walk back\u2019 his statement, it\u2019s now essential that President Biden restate our new policy of strategic clarity in clear, deliberate remarks from a prepared text. Otherwise, the continued ambiguity and uncertainty will likely provoke the Chinese communists without deterring them\u2014the worst of both worlds.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"]], "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-statement-on-bidens-shift-in-taiwan-policy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.684801049530506, "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"}