{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pittenger-nuclear-agreement-emboldens-iran-and-threatens-allies", "Pittenger:  Nuclear agreement emboldens Iran and threatens allies", "2013-11-25", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nNovember 25, 2013\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n CONGRESSIONAL TERROR TASKFORCE CHAIR EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERNS OVER IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT \n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09), Chairman of the Congressional Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, today expressed grave concern over the nuclear agreement signed this weekend with Iran.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIran has been actively engaged in state-sponsored terrorism for thirty years, and more recently involved in the carnage in Syria through its surrogate Hezbollah,\u201d said Congressman Pittenger. \u00a0\u201cIran has been unrelenting in their call for \u2018death to America\u2019 and to Israel.\n\u00a0\n\u201cNow, President Obama is subjecting Israel, our Arab allies, the United States, and the world to a severely unbalanced agreement allowing Iran to continue producing enriched uranium, a key ingredient for a nuclear bomb, while reducing sanctions and providing a $7 billion reward for apparently outlasting Washington\u2019s resolve.\n\u00a0\n\u201cPresident Obama\u2019s ambivalent policies in the volatile Middle East frighten our allies. \u00a0While in Israel this August, I asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he believes the United States would stand with Israel at its time of need, such as imminent Iranian nuclear deployment. \u00a0He responded by talking carefully for several minutes and concluding, \u2018I didn\u2019t answer your question, did I?\u2019 \u00a0I responded, \u2018no sir, but I understand.\u2019\n\u00a0\n\u201cIn like manner, a \u2018too eager\u2019 diplomatic agreement with North Korea in 1995 has allowed unrestrained nuclear development in that provocative, unstable, terrorist state.\n\u00a0\n\u201cPresident Obama appears more interested in changing the subject in a currently disastrous political climate than assuring the United States stands strong against the most assertive threat to world peace, feared by Israel and the Arab nations alike.\u201d\n\u00a0\nCongressman Pittenger, along with other Members of Congress, expressed his concerns over the proposed agreement to Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer during a private meeting last Thursday.\n\u00a0\n###", 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://pittenger.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pittenger-nuclear-agreement-emboldens-iran-and-threatens-allies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8228810038417578, "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"}