{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-dr-rand-paul-proud-president-syria/", "ICYMI: Dr. Rand Paul: \u2018Proud of the President\u2019 on Syria", "2018-12-19", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nDecember 19, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At the conclusion of his remarks this morning on the need to increase oversight of the Deep State, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed today\u2019s news that President Donald J. Trump will withdraw American troops from Syria, a decision Dr. Paul has long advocated for to help return the United States to a common-sense foreign policy and avoid forcing our troops to stay without end in yet another country.\n\nOn multiple occasions, Dr. Paul has encouraged President Trump to focus on an America-First policy, which would include bringing troops home from multiple locations in the Middle East, including Syria and Afghanistan.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud of the president today to hear that he is declaring victory in Syria. Most of the voices around here like to stay everywhere for all time, and they believe that it doesn\u2019t work unless you go somewhere and stay forever. The president has the courage to say, \u2018We won in Syria, and we\u2019re coming home.\u2019 First president in my lifetime really to do that. And that\u2019s why President Trump is different, and that\u2019s why I think President Trump is one that we should all look to for some changes and for some reform of the Deep State,\u201d Dr. Paul stated on the floor.\n\nBefore his speech, Dr. Paul also responded to the news on Twitter, saying, \u201cI am happy to see a President who can declare victory and bring our troops out of a war. It\u2019s been a long time since that has happened.\u201d\n\nYou can find video of Dr. Paul\u2019s remarks HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:11:43Z"]], "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-icymi-dr-rand-paul-proud-president-syria/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2907171621918678, "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"}