{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-secures-promise-pompeo/", "Dr. Rand Paul Secures Promise from Pompeo", "2018-04-23", "2018", "2018-04", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nApril 23, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement concerning CIA Director Mike Pompeo\u2019s nomination to be Secretary of State:\n\n\u201cI just finished speaking to President Trump, after speaking to him several times today. I also met with and spoke to Director Pompeo.\n\n\u201cAfter calling continuously for weeks for Director Pompeo to support President Trump\u2019s belief that the Iraq war was a mistake, and that it is time to leave Afghanistan, today I received confirmation that Director Pompeo agrees with President Trump.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump believes that Iraq was a mistake, that regime change has destabilized the region, and that we must end our involvement with Afghanistan.\n\n\u201cHaving received assurances from President Trump and Director Pompeo that he agrees with the President on these important issues, I have decided to support his nomination to be our next Secretary of State.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:54:51Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-secures-promise-pompeo/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8454141207039356, "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"}