{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=13C53184-3286-4F2B-B13A-B947A132BC4C", "Statement from Senator Lindsey Graham", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, D.C.\n\n\u201cI enjoyed meeting with President Zelensky today. The more pressure put on Putin, the sooner the war ends. If President Biden and Vice President Harris don\u2019t adjust their military strategy in Ukraine, it will be a dire outcome for Ukraine and the world.\n\n\u201cPresident Zelensky\u2019s number one request was to be able to more effectively use long range weapons to hit key Russian military targets to put pressure on Putin to come to the table. He emphasized that without a change in military strategy, the war gets more difficult.\n\n\u201cIf the Biden-Harris Administration continues the policy of holding Ukraine back because they are worried about escalation, the outcome of the war will be placed in jeopardy.\n\n\u201cIn order for Ukraine to prevail, President Zelensky must be allowed to execute his plan, which includes hitting legitimate military targets inside Russia that are being used to go after Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure.\n\n\u201cIt is in America\u2019s interests to ensure Putin does not succeed in dismembering Ukraine because that will unleash China on Taiwan, and Putin will not stop in Ukraine.\n\n\u201cThis is a decisive week in the war. President Biden and Vice President Harris need to get it right.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=13C53184-3286-4F2B-B13A-B947A132BC4C"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7638148963451385, "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"}