{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-statement-on-nomination-of-governor-nikki-haley-to-be-us-ambassador-to-the-united-nations", "Kaine Statement On Nomination Of Governor Nikki Haley To Be U.S. Ambassador To The United Nations", "2016-11-23", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Kaine Statement On Nomination Of Governor Nikki Haley To Be U.S. Ambassador To The United Nations\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, November 23, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRICHMOND, VA\u00a0\u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees,\u00a0released the following statement following President-elect Trump\u2019s announcement that he will nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations:\u00a0\r\n\u201cI look forward to meeting with Governor Haley and considering her nomination in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.\u00a0 As a former Governor, I believe that Governor Haley\u2019s\u00a0executive experience\u00a0would serve her well in\u00a0the challenging role of negotiating with all\u00a0United Nations member states and representing the United States on the Security Council. \u00a0\u00a0\r\nDuring this time of unprecedented humanitarian crisis around the globe from Syria, Yemen,\u00a0and\u00a0Iraq to Central African Republic and South Sudan, a responsive and consequential United Nations is necessary, and this will only happen through strong U.S. leadership.\u00a0 Other top challenges I plan to discuss with Governor Haley include how the United Nations can continue to counter the destabilizing activities of Iran, North Korea, terrorist groups such as ISIS and more powerfully implement its resolutions.\u201d\r\n\u00a0###", 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.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-statement-on-nomination-of-governor-nikki-haley-to-be-us-ambassador-to-the-united-nations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9839190170168877, "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"}