{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=ADED0CC2-158D-4F96-BC21-0A37E15DCE1F", "Fischer, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Permanently Freeze $6 Billion Payment to Iran Immediately", "2023-10-17", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", "fischer", "https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently joined her colleagues in introducing legislation that would block Iran from accessing a $6 billion fund released in August by the Biden administration. These actions respond to the attacks against Israel committed by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists. The legislation is led by U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).\n\n\u201cIran is an adversary of the United States and the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism. It funds, trains, and equips terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, advancing its malign influence across the region. Our legislation will permanently prevent this $6 billion from flowing to the government of Iran,\u201d said Senator Fischer.\n\nText of the bill may be found here.\n\nPermalink: https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/10/fischer-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-permanently-freeze-6-billion-payment-to-iran-immediately", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "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.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=ADED0CC2-158D-4F96-BC21-0A37E15DCE1F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.441375119611621, "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"}