{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-leads-letter-arizona-senators-kelly-and-gallego-urging-them-end", "Ciscomani Leads Letter to Arizona Senators Kelly and Gallego Urging them to End Shutdown and Support Arizonans", "2025-10-06", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Juan Ciscomani", "C001133", "ciscomani.house.gov", "ciscomani", "https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "TUCSON \u2013 Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) led fellow members of Arizona\u2019s Republican House delegation in sending a letter on day six of the federal government shutdown to Arizona Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urging them to vote YES on a clean, seven-week continuing resolution (CR) that would reopen the federal government. Today, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the legislation.\n\nEvery Arizona Republican voted in support of H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. The bill is a straightforward, nonpartisan extension of current funding level. Such legislation has been routinely adopted in previous years \u2013 under both Republican and Democratic administrations.\n\nIn part, the delegation wrote in the letter: \u201cOur goal in passing this bill was quite simple: keep the government open and functioning for all those who depend on it for a paycheck, and the critical services that our federal government provides.\u201d\n\nThe letter cites the wide-ranging impacts of the shutdown across Arizona, including for:\n\n\u00b7 Ten military installations\n\n\u00b7 Over 34,000 federal civilian employees\n\n\u00b7 Approximately 20,000 active-duty service members\n\n\u00b7 More than 450,000 veterans\n\n\u00b7 Thousands of Arizona families relying on WIC, small business loans, and essential federal services\n\nThey concluded saying: \u201cThis shutdown was not necessary \u2013 but its already happened. Now is the time to do the right thing and vote to reopen our government. We have a duty as elected officials to ensure the people come before politics and thus, we urge you to join us for the good of all our constituents and put Arizonans first.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-leads-letter-arizona-senators-kelly-and-gallego-urging-them-end"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.101558890193701, "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"}