{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-responds-arizona-senators-refusal-miss-paycheck-during-shutdown", "Ciscomani Responds to Arizona Senator\u2019s Refusal To Miss Paycheck During Shutdown", "2025-10-01", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Juan Ciscomani", "C001133", "ciscomani.house.gov", "ciscomani", "https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Representative Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) signed a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer for the U.S. House of Representatives requesting his congressional salary be withheld until the entire federal government has been funded and the shutdown has ended.\n\nMeanwhile, U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who voted on the Senate Floor last night to shut the government down, said to NBC News he can't afford missing a paycheck: \u201cI\u2019m not wealthy, and I have three kids. I would basically be missing, you know, mortgage payments, rent payments, child support... So it\u2019s not feasible, not gonna happen.\u201d\n\n\u201cSenator Gallego should be ashamed of himself,\u201d said Ciscomani. \u201cWe represent thousands of federal government employees \u2013 men and women in our Armed Forces, the Border Patrol, air traffic controllers and many, many others. They, too, have mortgage payments, rent payments and child support. This shutdown isn\u2019t \u2018feasible\u2019 for them, either. Senator Gallego\u2019s response to this shutdown is an embarrassment. It's selfish. He should be leading by example, not thinking of himself.\u201d\n\nYou may click HERE to see Congressman Ciscomani\u2019s full letter to the CAO regarding his pay.\n\nYou may click HERE to see Congressman Ciscomani\u2019s response to Senator Gallego refusing to withhold his paycheck on X.\n\n###", 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-responds-arizona-senators-refusal-miss-paycheck-during-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.965769100934267, "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"}