{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-dr-rand-paul-questions-nato-expansion-strategy/", "ICYMI: Dr. Rand Paul Questions NATO Expansion Strategy", "2018-09-05", "2018", "2018-09", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nSeptember 5, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 During today\u2019s U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on \u201cAssessing the Value of the NATO Alliance,\u201d U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned whether expanding NATO to include countries such as Montenegro benefits America\u2019s national security or instead increases our risks.\n\n\u201cI think there has to be some discussion,\u201d Dr. Paul said at the hearing before asking, \u201cDo we want everybody in NATO? Is there no limitations to who we\u2019ll put in NATO? Does it dilute the value of NATO? Is it provocative?\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd people say, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re giving credence to Russia\u2019s arguments.\u2019 No, but we have to know what our adversaries think if we want to change their behavior,\u201d he continued.\n\nYou can watch Dr. Paul\u2019s remarks HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:06:18Z"]], "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-questions-nato-expansion-strategy/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6842959448695183, "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"}