{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-to-attend-halifax-international-security-forum-in-nova-scotia-canada", "Cramer to Attend Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", "cramer", "https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) will join a bipartisan group of senators in attending the Halifax International Security forum (HFX) this weekend in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cramer is the chair of the Airland Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee and is the Republican lead on both the American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus and the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group.\n\nThe forum provides an opportunity to showcase the United States\u2019 commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S.-Canada partnership, and the shared security challenges with allies around the world. The U.S. has traditionally provided the largest portion of NATO\u2019s military strength, but global peace is going to depend on our allies building up their military strength to meet the growing threats in their regions and across the globe.\n\nThis year\u2019s agenda centers around the shared belief democracies are resilient on their own, but together they are unbreakable. Peter Van Praagh, HFX President, said the program declares \u201conly democracies can create the environment in which individuals feel safe to question established ideas, leading in turn to inventions that secure the future.\u201d As part of the forum, Cramer will participate in a panel titled, \u201cDemocracies Demand Decency \u2013 How Democracies Decide Destiny.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to join my colleagues as part of this bipartisan delegation to Nova Scotia for the Halifax International Security Forum,\u201d said Cramer. \u201cEvents like this are a powerful reminder of why democracies are worth defending because they are a better form of government than tyranny. I look forward to learning from defense leaders and leading a panel to highlight democracy\u2019s role in determining a nation\u2019s future.\u201d\n\nThe panel will take place at 8:00 a.m. CT / 9:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 23. It will be live streamed on the HFX website as well as its YouTube channel.\n\nGlobal defense leaders gather each year at the forum to gain innovative insights into the nation\u2019s security landscape and engage in a wide range of informational sessions covering paramount topics such as energy demands, disinformation, global security, defense technologies, democratic resilience, and food security. More than 80 countries are represented at the annual event.\n\nWhile in Halifax, the delegation of senators is expected to meet with key defense leaders from across the globe, including Minister of Defense of Colombia Pedro Sanchez-Suarez, Minister of National Defense of Canada David McGuinty, European Union Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius, and more.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-to-attend-halifax-international-security-forum-in-nova-scotia-canada"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8322973735630512, "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"}