{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=49BA9E45-2ACA-490D-AAEB-A08937BEB8BB", "Biden Administration Must Act Swiftly on Emergency Aid for Ukraine", "2022-09-29", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Ukraine:\n\n\u201cWhen the Senate votes today to fund the government, we\u2019ll also approve further emergency aid for Ukraine.\n\n\u201cThe Ukrainians have made remarkable progress in pushing back Russia\u2019s unhinged aggression. But the fight is far from over. They need more of the cutting-edge weapons that are helping them turn the tide.\n\n\u201cAssisting Ukraine is not some feel-good symbolic gesture. It is literally an investment in our own national security and that of our allies.\n\n\u201cBlunting Putin\u2019s offensive in Ukraine will diminish his capacity to threaten other targets throughout the free world. And it will help deter other authoritarian regimes like China.\n\n\u201cNobody is saying America should stand alone. Some of our European allies, especially on NATO\u2019s Eastern Flank, have been incredibly generous, digging deep into their inventories and welcoming hundreds of thousands of refugees. But others can and must do more.\n\n\u201cThe Senate\u2019s consistent support for Ukraine at reasonable levels plays a critical part in nudging our allies to step up.\n\n\u201cUkraine needs more tanks, fighting vehicles, longer-range rockets, artillery, and air defense systems. More HIMARS, more drones, and preparatory training in western fighter aircraft.\n\n\u201cAnd they need these things as soon as possible.\n\n\u201cYesterday, the Biden Administration announced another tranche of assistance. But the HIMARS rocket systems included in that announcement won\u2019t arrive in Ukraine for years.\n\n\u201cIf the Administration cannot move faster, it will be an indictment of their persistent unwillingness to invest in our own military stockpiles and our defense industrial base.\n\n\u201cNow that Congress is providing more funding, the Biden Administration must move more swiftly to deliver it to Ukrainian forces on the front lines.\n\n\u201cNow is not the time for hesitating, hand-wringing, or self-deterring from the Administration.\n\n\u201cIt is not true strength and resolve that provoke the bully. It is delay and weakness.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:29:59Z"]], "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.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=49BA9E45-2ACA-490D-AAEB-A08937BEB8BB"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8605311159044504, "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"}