{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-statement-short-term-funding-bill", "Congressman Biggs' Statement on Short-Term Funding Bill", "2017-12-21", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Biggs released the following statement after voting against theshort-termgovernment fundingbill:\nSince 1996, Congress has adopted over 100 continuing resolutions(CR), bypassing its responsibilities to authorizespendingunder regular order.In that same time,the national debt has nearly quadrupled, leading this country to the brink of financial bankruptcy. Once again, Congressis too afraid to make the tough decisions tobalance our budget.\nThe House sent its appropriations bills to the Senate exactly fourteen weeks ago today. Instead ofdebatingthesebills, the Senatetook a pass. This isincrediblyirresponsible. The Senate must commit to passingtheir appropriations bills and balancing our federal budget. Ourgrandchildren's futuredepends on it.\n###\nCongressman Andy Biggs is a first-term Representative from Arizonas Fifth Congressional District, representing parts of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Queen Creek. Congressman Biggs is a member of the House Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology committees, and is the chairman of the Environment Subcommittee. He lives with his wife, Cindy, in Gilbert.", 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": ["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-statement-short-term-funding-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3847178779542446, "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"}