{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/blogs/e-newsletter-week-of-november-17th", "e-Newsletter: Week of November 17th", "2023-11-17", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", "cruz", "https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Good Evening,\n\nSince Joe Biden took office, this administration has gifted nearly $100 billion dollars to the Ayatollah of Iran, who chants death and destruction to America and our allies. Iran has been deploying these funds to bolster Hamas\u2019s savage terrorist attacks on the Jewish people in Israel. The solution here is easy \u2013 don\u2019t give money to terrorists who want to kill us. Unfortunately, the Democrat Party could care less. This past weekend, I joined Real Time with Bill Maher and did a deep dive into why Joe Biden is responsible for fueling the war in Israel.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden is responsible for 100 billion dollars going to the Ayatollah \u2013 he made a decision to do that and Iran funds Hamas. The Wall Street Journal reported in September, [Iran] brought Hamas terrorists to Iran, and trained them in Iran to carry out the attack. \u2026 Don't give money to terrorists who want to kill us, and unfortunately the Democrat party is on the other side of that.\u201d\n\nThis past Sunday, I joined Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News to discuss the elaborate money laundering scheme that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden appear to be involved in.\n\n\u201cWe do have evidence on Ukraine, and in particular that Joe Biden demanded the firing of the prosecutor in Ukraine that was investigating the corrupt oligarch who owns Burisma. [Biden] threatened to and in fact did withhold over a billion dollars in American loan guarantees until they fired that prosecutor. When it comes to bribery, the essence of bribery is quid pro quo \u2013 this for that. We know that occurred.\u201d\n\nOn Tuesday, it was deeply inspiring to stand alongside nearly 300,000 people, on the National Mall, expressing our unified and unshakeable support for our friend and ally Israel to utterly destroy Hamas, for as long as it takes.\n\n\u201cIt is inspiring, seeing \u2026 people from every state in the Union coming together [to say] America stands \u2026 unequivocally with Israel. We stand against the monster and the horror that is Hamas. We support Israel's right to defend itself. \u2026 Our prayers are with the people of Israel.\u201d\n\nOn Wednesday, I joined Don\u2019t @ Me with Dan Dakich on OutKick to discuss the explosion ofcrime in Washington, D.C. and across the nation due to the radical left\u2019s policies.\n\n\u201cOne of the things we've seen over the last three years is crime rates skyrocketing across the country. \u2026 The reason we're seeing this rise in crime is very simple, there are radical leftist \u2026 elected officials [that] are letting violent criminals go.\u201d\n\nLater on Wednesday, I spoke with members of the Texas Farm Credit Union about ways to promote the interest of our rural communities, our agricultural industry, and our farmers across the Lone Star State.\n\nRest assured, I won\u2019t back down in my efforts to stand up for our friend and ally Israel. God Bless!\n\nKeep Texas Strong,\n\nMORE FROM SEN. CRUZ:\n\nREAD: Cruz and Ogles seek to block forced use of 'preferred pronouns' across federal agencies\n\nICYMI: Sen. Cruz Statement on Continuing Resolution Vote\n\nREAD: Cruz Slams Corporate Media For Promoting Hamas Propaganda: \u2018Lying On Behalf OfTerrorists\u2019\n\nICYMI: Sen. Cruz Statement on Senate Vote Over Support for Israel\n\nState Spotlight\n\nNorth Texas Commission\n\nSenator Cruz\u2019s 2023 Service Academy Nominations Board\n\nCommerce Corner\n\nTrueNorth CyberSecurity\n\nShell Deepwater Exploration", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/blogs/e-newsletter-week-of-november-17th"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7061560172587633, "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"}