{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/scott-kerry-speech-promises-path-pain", "Scott: Kerry Speech Promises Path to Pain", "2016-12-28", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Scott: Kerry Speech Promises Path to Pain               \r\n\r\n                  \r\n                    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n      \r\n                                                  \r\n              Dec 28, 2016            Issues: Foreign Affairs            \r\n                  \r\n        \r\n          \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    Charleston, SC \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry\u2019s speech regarding Israel and the Middle East today.\n\t\u201cThe \u2018path to peace\u2019 laid out today by Secretary Kerry would actually bring the exact opposite \u2013 it is a path to pain. This whole charade is putting Israel at a huge disadvantage in peace negotiations, and needlessly tests our nation\u2019s relationship with a critical ally in a volatile part of the world. With three weeks left in this administration, it is absolutely ridiculous that they would choose to continue antagonizing Israel.\n\tI strongly believe that next month we will make it clear to the world that the United States stands with Israel, and that our decades-long friendship is solid.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.scott.senate.gov/press-release/scott-kerry-speech-promises-path-pain"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4490678440779448, "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"}