{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://babin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8006", "Babin Votes No on Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling", "2021-12-15", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Brian Babin", "B001291", "babin.house.gov", "babin", "https://babin.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement after voting no on S.J. Res. 33, a bill to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion.\n\n\u201cDuring my six-year tenure in Congress, our national debt has risen by an unacceptable $11 trillion,\u201d said Babin.\n\n\u201cInstead of reining in their reckless spending and taking responsibility for the consequences, Democrats voted to raise the debt ceiling \u2013 an action that grants them a blank check to continue wasting tax dollars.\n\n\u201cI came to Congress to help create a safer and more prosperous America for my 17 grandchildren. I refuse to vote for a measure that saddles them and their grandchildren with incomprehensible debt and an increasingly unstable future.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://babin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8006"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1782231740653515, "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"}