{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=A323C22F-5238-4207-B95E-BE5EA5B41E7A", "McConnell Statement on Israeli Strikes in Iran", "2025-06-13", "2025", "2025-06", "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. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding Israeli strikes in Iran last night:\n\n\u201cIran\u2019s war against Israel and the United States is decades old. Directly and by proxy, it has plotted and conducted attacks against U.S. servicemembers, diplomats, former officials, and even dissidents inside the American homeland. It has done the same against its Arab neighbors, peaceful nations around the world, and \u2014 with particular savagery \u2014 the Jewish people for daring to preserve and protect a Jewish state.\n\n\u201cWhen Tehran prescribes \u2018death to Israel, death to America\u2019, our closest ally in the Middle East takes this murderous, nuclear-obsessed regime at its word. America must do the same.\n\n\u201cSince October 7, 2023, Israel\u2019s dramatic operations in Lebanon, Syria, and now Iran have given the entire region an opportunity to rid itself of Tehran\u2019s terrorist spiderweb. I hope and pray that Israel\u2019s bold and brave direct strikes against the Iranian death machine and nuclear program will hasten this future for a region of tremendous importance to the United States.\n\n\u201cIn Israel\u2019s fierce self-defense, America must recognize a broader, global lesson about the value of allies and partners. From Europe to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific, we and our friends are stronger when we stand together.\n\n\u201cThere must be no daylight between the United States and allies and partners defending their sovereignty, democracy, and way of life against theocratic or authoritarian aggression. America must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel. And Iran\u2019s remaining leaders must recognize that the time has come to abandon their decades-long obsession with terror and nuclear war.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:38Z"]], "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=A323C22F-5238-4207-B95E-BE5EA5B41E7A"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7006928790360689, "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"}