{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/senators-cruz-and-leahy-pen-letter-urging-apple-ceo-tim-cook-to-stop-enabling-the-great-firewall", "Senators Cruz and Leahy Pen Letter Urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Enabling the Great Firewall", "2017-10-19", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.19.17\n\t\t\t Senators Cruz and Leahy Pen Letter Urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Enabling the Great Firewall \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t \u2018As long as the Great Firewall operates and is enabled by American technology companies, Internet freedom in China will remain at risk\u2019\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Patrick Leahy on Thursday released a letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding\u00a0reports\u00a0that Apple has removed Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications (apps) from the version of Apple\u2019s App Store available to users in the People\u2019s Republic of China.\r\n\u201cThe threat that the Great Firewall poses to the freedom of the people of China is similar to the threat that the Berlin Wall imposed on the people of East Berlin for twenty-eight years,\u201d the senators wrote. \u00a0\u201cAs long as the Great Firewall operates and is enabled by American technology companies, Internet freedom in China will remain at risk.\u201d\r\nSee the full text of letter\u00a0here.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tDavid Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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.leahy.senate.gov/press/senators-cruz-and-leahy-pen-letter-urging-apple-ceo-tim-cook-to-stop-enabling-the-great-firewall"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.669816905632615, "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"}