{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2023/9/wicker-comments-on-foreign-military-financing-reprogramming-for-taiwan", "Wicker Comments on Foreign Military Financing Reprogramming for Taiwan", "2023-09-14", "2023", "2023-09", "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 response to press reports regarding President Biden\u2019s decision to reprogram some $55 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) from Egypt to Taiwan:\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s decision to provide $55 million in foreign military financing to Taiwan is a pittance compared to Taiwan\u2019s enormous needs for self-defense and the United States\u2019 clear national interest in supporting Taipei,\u201d Wicker said. \u201cIt is doubly disappointing that rather than requesting standalone FMF funding for Taiwan, as I have repeatedly challenged the administration to do, the president chose to source these funds from a different security partner. This is especially counterproductive since Egypt has proven receptive to this administration's human rights concerns.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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/2023/9/wicker-comments-on-foreign-military-financing-reprogramming-for-taiwan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2270291335880756, "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"}