{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=351FF34A-7D69-46E6-8F8C-D2CAA7EEB0D2", "Graham Presses Secretaries of State and Defense on Biden Administration's Response to Iran", "2023-10-31", "2023", "2023-10", "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 questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the Biden Administration\u2019s response to Iran at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the administration\u2019s national security supplemental request.\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cIs it a red line for Iran to orchestrate an attack on our forces that kills an American in Syria or Iraq? Is that a red line? Can we tell the Iranians today, in case they\u2019re watching, \u2018if an American is killed by your proxies in Syria and Iraq, we\u2019re coming for you.\u2019 Can you say that?\u201d\n\nAUSTIN: \u201cI think Iran should be held accountable for the activities of...\u201d\n\nGRAHAM: \u201c\u2026Can we say publicly to the families who have service members over in Iraq and Syria, that we will hit Iran if they try to kill an American through their proxies? Can we say that?\u201d\n\nAUSTIN: \u201cWhat we have said and what we\u2019ll continue to say, Senator, is that we\u2019re going to hold...\u201d\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cWell, I wish you would be more clear. Because I\u2019ll tell you this: If one of these soldiers is killed, I\u2019m going to say it and I hope other people will join me.\u201d https://youtu.be/qFTkwvLmepg?si=AjJ-Yo-pzBqmcbOU&t=138\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cFrom an Israeli point of view, there will be no ceasefire until Hamas ceases to be a threat to the State of Israel. Do you agree with that statement?\u201d\n\nBLINKEN: \u201cI do.\u201d\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cOkay so, no ceasefire until Hamas ceases to be a threat. It makes perfect sense to me. Do you believe it is the goal of Hamas to destroy Israel and not have a two-state solution?\u201d\n\nBLINKEN: \u201cYou do not have to take my word for it. Take Hamas\u2019 word.\u201d\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cI could not agree with that more. Do you agree with that, General Austin?\u201d\n\nAUSTIN: \u201cI do. They have said so.\u201d https://youtu.be/qFTkwvLmepg?si=Dt8h1sfXolzPmtzX&t=11\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cDo you agree with me, Secretary Blinken, the one of the main reasons this attack occurred is because Iran wants to stop the reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Israel?\u201d\n\nBLINKEN: \u201cYes, those who are opposed to normalization are Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.\u201d https://youtu.be/qFTkwvLmepg?si=RIFlDaAznItrWR6g&t=291\n\nClick here to watch Graham\u2019s full remarks\n\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "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=351FF34A-7D69-46E6-8F8C-D2CAA7EEB0D2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.886174850165844, "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"}