{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-to-biden-any-delay-in-military-aid-to-israel-violates-will-of-congress", "Cotton to Biden: Any Delay in Military Aid to Israel Violates Will of Congress", "2024-10-16", "2024", "2024-10", "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 Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nOctober 16, 2024\n\nCotton to Biden: Any Delay in Military Aid to Israel Violates Will of Congress\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today wrote a letter to President Joe Biden condemning the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s threat to impose an arms embargo on Israel if they do not meet the administration\u2019s unreasonable demands to deliver humanitarian assistance to Gaza. These threats are contrary to Congress\u2019s intent and should be rescinded immediately.\n\nIn part, Senator Cotton wrote:\n\n\u201cDenying Israel military aid is in direct opposition to the will of Congress, as expressed in the Israeli security supplemental passed earlier this year. Unilaterally threatening to cut off aid by declaring Israel in violation of U.S. law also ignores Congress\u2019s oversight role. Your administration insists on protecting a terrorist organization in the name of humanitarian aid. \u201d\n\nFull text of the letter may be found here and below.\n\nOctober 16, 2024\n\nPresident Joseph R. Biden\n\nThe White House\n\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\n\nWashington, DC 20500\n\nI write to strongly condemn the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s threat to impose an arms embargo on Israel if they do not meet your unreasonable demands to deliver humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Your October 13, 2024, letter to Ministers Gallant and Dermer is a politically driven excuse to pressure our ally to ratchet down its campaign against the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies.\n\nDenying Israel military aid is in direct opposition to the will of Congress, as expressed in the Israeli security supplemental passed earlier this year. Unilaterally threatening to cut off aid by declaring Israel in violation of U.S. law also ignores Congress\u2019s oversight role. Your administration insists on protecting a terrorist organization in the name of humanitarian aid.\n\nI demand that you provide any \u201cevidence\u201d of such violations to the relevant Congressional committees within the next three days. As I assume you cannot do so, I demand that you immediately rescind your threats to our ally.\n\nSincerely,\n\nTom Cotton\n\nUnited States Senator\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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-to-biden-any-delay-in-military-aid-to-israel-violates-will-of-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7123351097106934, "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"}