{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-wicker-urge-state-department-to-protect-religious-minorities-in-iraq-syria", "Brown, Wicker Urge State Department to Protect Religious Minorities in Iraq, Syria", "2014-12-16", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Sherrod Brown", "B000944", "www.brown.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday, December 16, 2014\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPress Contact\n\t\t\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urging the State Department to take immediate action to protect religious minorities in Iraq and Syria. The letter was co-signed by U.S. Sens. Dan Coats (R-IN), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Carl Levin (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and John Thune, (R-SD).\r\n\u201cWe have an obligation to stand up for human rights,", 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://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-wicker-urge-state-department-to-protect-religious-minorities-in-iraq-syria"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.073029987514019, "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"}