{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-for-fox-news-trump-is-leading-us-into-another-unnecessary-war-this-time-its-cuba-2/", "Welch\u00a0for Fox News:\u00a0Trump is leading us into another unnecessary war. This time\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0Cuba", "2026-06-22", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "Senate", "VT", "Peter Welch", "W000800", "www.welch.senate.gov", "welch", "https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Friday published an opinion piece in Fox News entitled: \u201cTrump is leading us into another unnecessary war. This time it\u2019s Cuba.\u201d In his op-ed, Senator Welch highlights that President Trump is dragging the United States into another reckless war\u2014first with Iran, and now with Cuba. The Senator also underscores how an attack by the U.S. would pose real risks for American troops and the Cuban people and outlines key elements of what a peace deal with Cuba should include.\n\nSenator Welch has been outspoken in his strong opposition to the use of military force against Cuba, as he has been against President Trump\u2019s illegal war with Iran. Earlier this month, the Senator delivered remarks from the Senate floor urging President Trump to change course on Cuba. The Senator has supported a War Powers Resolution to block the deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in hostilities against Cuba and spoke from the Senate floor to condemn Cuba\u2019s leadership for persecuting political dissidents and the island\u2019s failed centralized economy\n\nRead the Senator\u2019s op-ed and read an excerpt below:\n\nSEN PETER WELCH: Trump is leading us into another unnecessary war. This time it\u2019s Cuba\n\nBy U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)\n\nPublished June 19, 2026, by Fox News\n\n\u201cThe American people do not want a war with Cuba, especially not after the costly, ill-conceived debacle in Iran, which has defied all the administration\u2019s rosy predictions. Rather than causing more suffering and chaos in Cuba and triggering another refugee crisis 90 miles from Florida, President Trump should seek to make history through effective deal-making, not by a violent \u2018takeover\u2019 financed by American taxpayers.\u201d\n\nRead the Senator Welch\u2019s full opinion piece in Fox News.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-23T06:27:52Z", "2026-06-23T06:29:20Z"]], "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.welch.senate.gov/welch-for-fox-news-trump-is-leading-us-into-another-unnecessary-war-this-time-its-cuba-2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9411517530679703, "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"}