{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=news&id=2049", "National Review Online: Ted Cruz: Cuba Relations Thaw 'a Tragic Mistake'", "2014-12-17", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz panned the Obama administration\u2019s decision to open up relations with the communist Caribbean nation of Cuba, saying the move will be regarded as \u201ca tragic mistake\u201d by future generations. A Cuban-American whose father left the nation in the 1950s, Cruz seemed disgusted by the thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba.  \u201cThis is yet another manifestation of the failures of the Obama-Clinton-Kerry foreign policy,\u201d the senator said on Fox News Wednesday. \u201cThis announcement today will be remembered as a tragic mistake.\u201d Cruz said Cuba had been \u201cstruggling, it was gasping for air\u201d economically, relying on a weak Venezuelan government to help prop them up. \u201cJust like the administration did with Iran, right when the administration was feeling the maximum pain it throws them an economic lifeline and continues the brutal repression and dictatorship of the Castro brothers,\u201d the senator said. 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=2049"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8430047892034054, "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"}