{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-statement-on-disastrous-iran-war-hitting-6-months/", "Gillibrand Statement On Disastrous Iran War Hitting 6 Months", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "NY", "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", "gillibrand", "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, Trump and Republicans\u2019 war in Iran has now reached six-months. Over and over again, the American people have heard an endless parade of broken and shifting promises about the war from the president. We were told the war was a \u201ctotal and complete victory,\u201d \u201cwon\u2019t be difficult,\u201d was \u201cprojected [to last] four to five weeks\u201d, was \u201cwinding down,\u201d was ending \u201cvery soon,\u201d was \u201cahead of schedule,\u201d was going to end in \u201ctwo or three weeks,\u201d then \u201ctwo to three days,\u201d then \u201cvery close,\u201d then again a \u201cfew days,\u201d then \u201cgoing to end really soon.\u201d None of this has been true.\n\nThe war has cost tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, wounded hundreds and killed 18 American servicemembers, depleted our stockpile of long-range missiles, and cost New Yorkers billions at the gas pump.\n\nBelow is a statement on this anniversary from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand:\n\n\u201cToday marks six months since Donald Trump launched his disastrous war with Iran that congressional Republicans have fully supported.\n\n\u201cWe were told this president and Republicans would bring peace and lower prices. Instead, they\u2019ve wasted billions on war while leaving working families behind.\n\n\u201cThis war was launched without a clear plan, executed without a coherent strategy, and has become a costly, self-inflicted disaster. Every justification we were given for this conflict has proven hollow.\n\n\u201cOur service members did not volunteer to be pawns in a chaotic, unauthorized war with no plan and no end in sight. Tragically, many have been wounded or lost their lives in this needless war.\n\n\u201cAnd here at home, New Yorkers have paid the price for this war as well\u2013 at the grocery store and the gas pump. This administration has unlimited money for bombs, ballrooms, and billionaires \u2013 but nothing for the American people: for their healthcare, their food, their housing, and for their lives.\n\n\u201cNew Yorkers\u2014and all Americans\u2014deserve better. I pray for our troops and for the end to this war.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"]], "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.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-statement-on-disastrous-iran-war-hitting-6-months/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7701350152492523, "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"}