{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-joins-risch-colleagues-to-introduce-legislation-combatting-israel-s-persecution-at-the-united-nations", "Sen. Johnson Joins Risch, Colleagues to Introduce Legislation Combatting Israel\u2019s Persecution at the United Nations", "2024-10-26", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and colleagues in announcing their intent to introduce the Stand with Israel Act to combat the United Nation\u2019s blatant anti-Israel bias. The legislation would block any U.S. dollars from going to the U.N. if it downgrades Israel\u2019s status in any way, such as preventing Israel from having certain voting powers or access to committees or other roles within the organization.\n\n\u201cIsrael is doing exactly what America would do \u2013 defend itself from brutal terrorists. The fact that this effort to downgrade Israel\u2019s status in the UN is even under consideration casts doubt on the legitimacy of the entire UN system and is an unacceptable betrayal of America\u2019s principal ally in the Middle East,\u201d the senator said.\n\n\u201cAny attempt to alter Israel\u2019s status at the UN is clearly anti-Semitic,\u201d Ranking Member Risch said. \u201cThat said, if the UN member states allow the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization to downgrade Israel\u2019s status at the UN, the U.S. must stop supporting the UN system, as it would clearly be beyond repair. I am disgusted that this outrageous idea has even been discussed, and will do all we can to ensure any changes to Israel\u2019s status will come with consequences.\u201d\n\nThe legislation is the companion to the House of Representative\u2019s bipartisan H.R. 9394, which Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) introduced.\n\nSens. Johnson and Risch were joined by Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.).\n\nFull text of the Stand with Israel Act can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-joins-risch-colleagues-to-introduce-legislation-combatting-israel-s-persecution-at-the-united-nations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9389730878174305, "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"}