{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://billjohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399120", "Bill Johnson Statement on the Obama Administrations Refusal to Veto Anti-Israel UN Resolution", "2016-12-23", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Bill Johnson", "J000292", "billjohnson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement on the Obama Administration\u2019s refusal to veto an anti-Israel resolution at the UN:\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      \u00a0\u201cToday\u2019s abstention by the United States in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) anti-Israel vote was shameful. \u00a0Through this action, the U.S. allowed the passage of a resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank. Overwhelming bipartisan majorities from both the House and Senate have urged the Obama Administration to veto one-sided, anti-Israel resolutions, such as the one voted on today, which would only serve to undermine efforts to pursue a lasting peace - a peace which\u00a0will only be achieved when the Palestinian Authority and its people recognize Israel\u2019s right to exist as a Jewish state.\u00a0 Additionally, the United Nations is not the proper venue to resolve this conflict; rather, it must be accomplished through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Instead of focusing on Syria, where thousands of innocent civilians are being massacred, the UNSC has decided to continue their obsession on censuring Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.\r\n\u201cToday\u2019s abstention at the U.N. is one final betrayal of a staunch American ally by the Obama Administration on their way out the door. I look forward to working with President-elect Trump and the new Congress to reverse the damage done by the current administration.\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": ["http://billjohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399120"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7288509514182806, "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"}