{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://royce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363471", "Bill Gates talks foreign policy with Rep. Royce committee by the Orange County Register", "2013-12-04", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Edward Royce", "R000487", "royce.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Bill Gates talks foreign policy with Rep. Royce committee by the Orange County Register \r\n   \r\n    \r\n       \r\n      \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e\r\n      \r\n      \r\n    \r\n    \r\n      \r\n        December 4, 2013,\r\n        December 4, 2013\r\n      \r\n       \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n        Bill Gates, tech magnate and global philanthropist, discussed public health, global development and U.S. international food aid with the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Gates is co-director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Bill Gates, tech magnate and global philanthropist, discussed public health, global development and U.S. international food aid with the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Gates is co-director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\u201cThe conversation rightly focused attention on the tension between budget constraints in the U.S. and advancing our national security interests by targeted foreign assistance,\u201d said the Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, R-Fullerton, in a statement. Among the topics: U.S. engagement in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and the need to better target foreign assistance. Committee staff declined to elaborate on what Gates\u2019 role might be going forward.\r\nRead the full story here:\u00a0http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bill-539944-tuesday-years.html\r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e", 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://royce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363471"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3892159331589937, "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"}