{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=B62E572D-3D82-4987-AC6B-9B33FD7524E3", "Graham Statement On Report That China Will Take Taiwan", "2023-12-20", "2023", "2023-12", "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 on a news report that Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Biden that China will take Taiwan.\n\n\u201cThis story as reported is beyond unnerving.\n\n\u201cI support the One China Policy, but I also support freedom and democracy.\n\n\u201cTo communist China, if you think you can bully your way into destroying world order without consequences, you will be making Putin\u2019s decision to invade Ukraine look wise.\n\n\u201cI will be working with Democratic and Republican Senators to do two things quickly. First, create a robust defense supplemental for Taiwan and second, draft pre-invasion sanctions from hell to impose on China if they take action to seize Taiwan. I believe there is strong bipartisan support to stand up to Chinese communist aggression.\n\n\u201cWhen it comes to communist China, it is a genocidal, thuggish regime that has broken its word in several agreements, particularly Hong Kong.\n\n\u201cI believe the United States Congress is firmly united and fed up with communist China\u2019s provocations.\n\n\u201cApparently China sees weakness when it comes to the United States. I can say unequivocally when it comes to communist China, both parties are united in standing up to this anti-democratic regime.\n\n\u201cThis statement by Chinese Communist Party dictator boss Xi proves the old saying, weakness anywhere provokes aggression everywhere.\u201d\n\n####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "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=B62E572D-3D82-4987-AC6B-9B33FD7524E3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.861946027725935, "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"}