{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=c20a8544-0870-4a4b-aaf8-306c5a7a329c", "STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON DEVELOPMENTS IN TUNISIA", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "John McCain", "M000303", "www.mccain.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement congratulating the National Dialogue Forum of Tunisia on its election of Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa:\r\n\u201cI congratulate the National Dialogue Forum of Tunisia on its selection of new Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa. This promising development is an important step in addressing Tunisia\u2019s current political crisis and advances Tunisia\u2019s democratic transition. I welcome the government and opposition\u2019s commitment to consensus and the willingness of all parties to place national unity above partisan politics.\r\n\u201cI encourage Mr. Jomaa to work quickly to choose effective and competent ministers that would finalize the constitution and create an electoral law that paves the way for free and fair elections. Democracy requires political consensus and accountability, and I encourage Tunisia\u2019s leaders to continue to work together to develop a constitutional process and plan for elections that achieves both. Although the road ahead will be fraught with difficulties and there remain many challenges to address, I look forward to the installation of a new government that will continue efforts to establish permanent democratic institutions and realize the democratic aspirations of the Tunisian people.\r\n\u201cOn the third anniversary of Mohammed Bouazizi\u2019s protest that ignited the call for freedom and human dignity and inspired popular uprisings in the name of democracy throughout the region, the election of Prime Minister Jomaa and the successful national dialogue reminds us of the true spirit of the Arab Spring and demonstrates Tunisia\u2019s continuing commitment to peaceful democratic transition, political stability and national unity in the face of many often daunting challenges.\u201d\r\n###", 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.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=c20a8544-0870-4a4b-aaf8-306c5a7a329c"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3734259884804487, "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"}