{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-adams-statement-consequences-failure-pass-continuing-resolution", "Rep. Adams\u2019 Statement on Consequences of Failure to Pass Continuing Resolution", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma S. Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", "adams", "https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "\"Good afternoon, everyone.\n\nThank you for being here on short notice. I wanted to share with you what we\u2019re facing here in Washington as Congress closes out this year and this session and acts on the bipartisan spending bill.\n\nThe Congress has an opportunity to vote on a \u201ccontinuing resolution\u201d bill (CR) that would keep the government funded for another three months and prevent a shutdown that would have dire consequences for the economy, federal employees, veterans, and families, and anyone who would like to travel safely as we go into the holidays. This is an extension of the common sense, bipartisan budget bills we passed earlier this year in March. The CR would also include disaster relief funding and extend the most recent Farm Bill which has expired.\n\nOur state is recovering from the most devastating natural disaster in modern history- Hurricane Helene. Almost $9 billion \u2013 that's billion, with a \u201cB\u201d \u2013 in disaster relief funding for North Carolina is in this bill, which we need desperately for rebuilding in the wake of Helene.\n\nA few of the items that we stand to lose out on if we don\u2019t pass this bill are:\n\nOver $1.6 billion for disaster recovery through Housing and Urban Development to assist with long-term housing, infrastructure, and economic recovery needs for hardest-hit communities\n\n$674 million in disaster payments and economic assistance for the farmers who feed us from across the state\n\nOver $1 billion for the National Park Service to rebuild and preserve the Blue Ridge Parkway, and $429 million more for other NC parks projects\n\n$2.2 billion dollars for the Small Business Administration to help fund the $172 million in requested loans from over 2,000 North Carolina small businesses\n\nMillions of dollars in defense repairs to North Carolina military installations affected by Helene\n\nMillions of dollars for rebuilding destroyed and damaged child care facilities and services affected by Helene \u2013 because child care is infrastructure\n\nThat\u2019s just a fraction of what is at stake for North Carolina with this bill.\n\nThis CR includes an extension of the Farm Bill, which supports our farmers and keeps folks fed \u2013 including more than 1.5 million people in North Carolina who utilize SNAP benefits. This bill would keep families fed. If we don\u2019t pass it, we lose out on these investments and the government will shut down at 12:01 am on Saturday morning.\n\nWe all remember the horrific scenes of entire towns wiped out. Aid organizations and the U.S. government have been working around the clock to assess and address the damage. Since then \u2013 for over two months \u2013 Congressional leadership in both parties have worked in good faith on how to keep our government running while caring for those who have suffered worst from Helene and other disasters.\n\nAs we head into the holiday travel season, our TSA agents should not be working without pay as a result of the shutdown. North Carolina deserves better, and that is why I am ready to vote for this Continuing Resolution and disaster relief funding today.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-adams-statement-consequences-failure-pass-continuing-resolution"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.8434481248259544, "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"}