{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2023/11/wicker-statement-on-china-s-continuing-aggression", "Wicker Statement on China\u2019s Continuing Aggression", "2023-11-18", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Roger F. Wicker", "W000437", "www.wicker.senate.gov", "wicker", "https://www.wicker.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement in regard to recent reports of Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy action using sonar against Australian divers:\n\n\u201cThe Chinese military\u2019s decision to injure Australian divers by using hull-mounted sonars on its destroyers is unacceptable. Only days after President Biden met with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing is once again harassing U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. While the Biden Administration celebrates hollow U.S.-China \u201cworking groups\u201d as meaningful progress and Xi Jinping receives a standing ovation from American CEOs, the United States and our allies need to continue the hard work of bolstering deterrence in the Indo-Pacific,\u201d Wicker said. \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party respects only strength, and only through strength will they refrain from such unacceptable behavior.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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.wicker.senate.gov/2023/11/wicker-statement-on-china-s-continuing-aggression"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9099449962377548, "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"}