{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=news&id=2047", "Daily Caller: Ted Cruz: Normalization Of U.S./Cuban Relations 'A Tragic Mistake'", "2014-12-17", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Following the return of Alan Gross to the U.S., Sen. Ted Cruz slammed the \u201cObama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy,\u201d saying the Castro brothers are \u201cstate sponsors of terrorism\u201d and that President Barack Obama \u201cdoes not understand the difference between our friends and our enemies.\u201d Cruz, one of three Cuban American members of the upper chamber in Congress, also called the normalization of relations between the two nations \u201ca tragic mistake\u201d made the comments to Fox News\u2019 Neil Cavuto Wednesday afternoon. TED CRUZ: \u201cThis is yet another manifestation of the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy. For six years we followed the pattern of alienating and abandoning our friends and allies, and at the same time coddling up to and appeasing to those who are enemies of this country. It\u2019s a consistent pattern. First Russia, then Iran, now Cuba.\u201d Read more", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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?p=news&id=2047"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6205891259014606, "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"}