{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-america-is-safer-when-putin-loses/", "VIDEO: \u201cAmerica is Safer When Putin Loses\u201d", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Pete Ricketts", "R000618", "www.ricketts.senate.gov", "ricketts", "https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list&pagenum=", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined a press conference announcing a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill. This legislation was the result of the late Senator Lindsey Graham\u2019s tireless efforts to protect Americans against Vladimir Putin. Sanctioning Russia will prevent the spread of its aggression and keep Americans safe.\n\n\u201cAmerica is safer when Putin loses,\u201d said Ricketts. \u201cLindsey Graham was very clear-eyed about the threat Vladimir Putin created for the United States \u2014 the threat he was to the United States. And he knew that we are safer with peace through strength. And that\u2019s why Senator Graham pushed this bill so hard \u2014 to make America safer.\u201d\n\nWatch the video here.\n\nTRANSCRIPT:\n\n\u201cAmerica is safer when Putin loses.\n\n\u201cLindsey Graham was very clear-eyed about the threat Vladimir Putin created for the United States \u2014 the threat he was to the United States.\n\n\u201cAnd he knew that we are safer with peace through strength.\n\n\u201cAnd that\u2019s why Senator Graham pushed this bill so hard \u2014 to make America safer.\n\n\u201cThis bill will put additional sanctions on Putin, the oligarchs, businesspeople in Russia, banks, the shadow fleet, who allow the president to put up to 100% tariffs on people who are buying Russian oil.\n\n\u201cWho are supporting the war machine that is terrorizing Ukraine.\n\n\u201cIf Putin were to be successful in Ukraine, he will move on NATO members and then we will be involved directly in the war.\n\n\u201cThis sanctions bill will allow us to continue to put pressure on Russia so that we can end this war before that happens and make sure Putin loses.\n\n\u201cSenator Graham\u2019s commitment to this bill is part of his commitment to keeping our country safe \u2014 and all our commitment to keeping this country safe.\n\n\u201cAnd I want to thank all my colleagues who are standing up here and all the ones who are on this bill and support getting this bill passed as quickly as possible so we continue to let Putin know he will not win in Russia.\u201d", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "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.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-america-is-safer-when-putin-loses/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7957499474287033, "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"}