{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-first-test-of-post-inf-ballistic-missile", "Cotton Statement on First Test of Post-INF Ballistic Missile", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "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\nDecember 12, 2019\n\nCotton Statement on First Test of Post-INF Ballistic Missile\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Department of Defense conducted its first test of a conventionally-configured ballistic missile since the Russian Federation rendered the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty defunct:\n\n\u201cThis is a firm statement to the Russian Federation. They cannot violate international agreements without consequence. Now, I urge the Pentagon to regain the strategic advantage we lost due to the INF treaty by expediting the development and deployment of a new generation of ground-launched missiles. Today\u2019s test signals to Moscow and Beijing that the United States will no longer ignore their threats.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nFor years, Senator Cotton advocated for the United States to bring Russia back into compliance with the INF Treaty or to leave it altogether. A brief timeline is below:\n\nMarch 2015: Cotton talks about INF Treaty in Maiden Floor Speech\n\nOctober 2016: Cotton Statement Reports that Russia is Advancing its Missile Program in Violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty\n\nFebruary 2017: Cotton, Johnson, Rubio, Poe, and Rogers Introduce Intermediate-Range Forces Treaty Preservation Act\n\nMarch 2017: Cotton Statement on Reports that Russia Has Deployed a Banned Missile\n\nApril 2017: Cotton Op-Ed in the Washington Post: \"Russia has subverted our treaty on cruise missiles for years. It's time to act\"\n\nJuly 2017: Cotton Warns Russia to Comply with INF Treaty in CSIS Speech\n\nJuly 2017: Cotton Questions General Paul Selva on the INF Treaty during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing\n\nDecember 2017: Cotton, Colleagues Urge Appropriations Committee to fund measures to bring Russia into compliance with INF\n\nMarch 2018: Cotton Questions Pacific Command Chief Admiral Harry Harris on INF Treaty\n\nOctober 2018: Cotton Statement on Reports the U.S. is Preparing to Withdraw from INF Treaty\n\nDecember 2018: Cotton Statement on NATO Confirmation that Russia is in Breach of INF Treaty\n\nFebruary 2019: Cotton Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from INF Treaty\n\nAugust 2019: Cotton Statement on Formal End of the INF Treaty\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "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-first-test-of-post-inf-ballistic-missile"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7546789711341262, "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"}