{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/04/15/icymi-hagerty-joins-varney-co-on-fox-business-to-discuss-iran-negotiations-market-reaction-dhs-funding/", "ICYMI\u2014Hagerty Joins\u00a0Varney & Co.\u00a0on Fox Business to Discuss Iran Negotiations, Market Reaction, DHS Funding", "2026-04-15", "2026", "2026-04", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Bill Hagerty", "H000601", "www.hagerty.senate.gov", "hagerty", "https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Yesterday, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, joined Varney & Co. on Fox Business to discuss Iran negotiations, the market\u2019s response to Middle East developments, and efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security.\n\nPartial Transcript\n\nHagerty on negotiating with Iran: \u201cWe\u2019ve never been able to believe a word they\u2019ve said. This has been going on for decades, and they\u2019ve consistently lied. They\u2019ve consistently misrepresented their position. And I think you just have to step back and take a look at the cards that they hold. Their military has been decimated. Their weapon stockpile has been decimated. If you think about their economy right now, it\u2019s certainly moving in the wrong direction. The cards are all in President Trump\u2019s hand, JD [Vance], Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner\u2013 all very capable people. They\u2019ve laid out the red lines for the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime now needs to respond to this. They\u2019re going to continue to try to tap us along. They\u2019re going to find out this is not the Obama administration. This is not John Kerry that they\u2019re dealing with. This administration is not going to cave. The red lines are real. They will not have nuclear capability, and we\u2019re going to make certain that that\u2019s the case. I think the Iranians just need to wake up. Just ask Maduro what happens if you don\u2019t take this president seriously?\u201d\n\nHagerty on market reaction and U.S. leverage: \u201cI think it\u2019s because they see this administration, the Trump administration, standing strong, standing firm. And again, the cards are all in our favor. This blockade is going to have dramatic results on the Iranian economy. I think the Iranians need to wake up and see where this is headed. There\u2019s only one way out of this, and that\u2019s for them to accede to the demands.\u201d\n\nHagerty on DHS funding and reconciliation: \u201cHaving a deal with the Democrats has proven to be fruitless. They\u2019ve been willing to subject the men and women at Homeland Security to massive pain. Two of the longest government shutdowns in history have been directed at those workers. It\u2019s just a shame that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are willing to hold them, their families, and their livelihoods as hostages for sheer politics. What we\u2019re going to do is focus on a reconciliation package that is going to get these departments funded, fully funded for the duration of Trump\u2019s administration. The Democrats have made it clear they want to defund the police. They don\u2019t want any immigration enforcement in the United States. They want these illegal immigrants to basically walk free and receive benefits. That is not going to happen, and Republicans are going to come together in this reconciliation package and make certain that it doesn\u2019t. We\u2019re going to be working at pace on this. Our staff have been working through this two-week period that we\u2019ve been on recess. We will be getting to it this week, and I hope to get it done very, very soon.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-16T05:48:36Z", "2026-04-16T05:50:08Z"]], "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.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/04/15/icymi-hagerty-joins-varney-co-on-fox-business-to-discuss-iran-negotiations-market-reaction-dhs-funding/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4831810258328915, "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"}