{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-aderholt-praises-kay-granger-she-announces-retirement", "Congressman Aderholt Praises Kay Granger As She Announces Retirement", "2023-11-01", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Robert B. Aderholt", "A000055", "aderholt.house.gov", "aderholt", "https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL) released the following statement regarding the announcement by House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger, (R-TX) that she will not seek reelection.\n\n\u201cWe are all sad to see the news that Kay will be leaving Congress. Kay has not only been a dedicated advocate for her constituents back in Texas, she has also been a champion of fiscal responsibility, both as a member of the House Appropriations Committee and ultimately as its leader,\u201d said Congressman Robert Aderholt. \u201cKay and I were elected the same year, and over the years she has been a fighter, a great leader on the Appropriations Committee, and she has been a friend.\n\n\u201cKay\u2019s shoes will not be easily filled. But in borrowing directly from her retirement announcement, I\u2019m confident that our party is ready to choose, at the appropriate time, a new appropriations leader \u2018to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people.\u2019 Of course, for right now, I look forward to working with Chair Granger over the next year as we finish this year\u2019s appropriations process and begin work on Fiscal Year 2025.\n\n\u201cThe American people have made it clear they are tired of funding the operations of the federal government through unending continuing resolutions. They want the 12 appropriations bills to be brought to the floor for an up or down vote. And they want those bills to reflect the fact we are more than $33 trillion dollars in debt.\n\n\u201cKay has made great progress in changing that culture, and it will be up to the next leader of the House Appropriations Committee to continue those reforms. As newly elected Speaker Johnson said last week, the People\u2019s House is back in business, but I know he doesn\u2019t want it to be business as usual. I wholeheartedly agree.\n\n\u201cWhen the time comes, and our Conference gives thought to who they want to take up the mantle of House Appropriations, I will be considering, and most certainly praying, about how I could use my talents and experience to advance our party\u2019s message and goals, which is ultimately about making this nation strong again, respected again, and of course fiscally responsible again.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-aderholt-praises-kay-granger-she-announces-retirement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7417150773108006, "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"}