{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-statement-impending-partial-government-shutdown", "Courtney Statement on Impending Partial Government Shutdown", "2018-12-21", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Joe Courtney", "C001069", "courtney.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement on the ongoing debate over the looming partial government shutdown:\nShutting down nearly a quarter of our government is a costly, destructive and pointless exercise. After months of conflicting statements, the President's last-minute gamble to leverage a shutdown to extract demands for his border wall will only create chaos and uncertainty in agencies across our government. Unfortunately, eastern Connecticut will feel the impact of a shutdown first hand. Among many examples, the United States Coast Guard is going to be the one military service that takes the hardest hit as many will continue to serve and protect our nation even as they will not receive pay.\nSpeaker Ryan can end this farce today. He should allow the House to take up the clean funding compromise that passed the Senate unanimously and put this avoidable and unnecessary episode to an immediate end. Debate about any other separate issues, like the construction of a border wall, will have plenty of time to be considered in the new year under regular order.\nAccording to the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), about 1,500 federal employees working for the agencies facing a shutdown tonight work or reside in Connecticut as of June 2018. It is not known at this time how many would be deemed essential or be furloughed during a shutdown. (source: https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/)\n Department of Agriculture  138\n\tDepartment of Commerce  129\n\tDepartment of Justice  265\n\tDepartment of Homeland Security  421 (of which 321 are connected to the Coast Guard)\n\tDepartment of Housing and Urban Development  45\n\tDepartment of the Interior  65\n\tDepartment of State  29\n\tDepartment of Transportation  177\n\tDepartment of the Treasury  153\n\tNational Credit Union Administration  13\n\tFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation  20\n\tGeneral Services Administration  16\n\tSmall Business Administration  12\n Under the law, federal employees subject to furlough during a shutdown would need Congress to approve back pay. Courtney is an original cosponsor of legislation, H.R. 7368, introduced yesterday by Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) to provide for the retroactive compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown.\n# # #", 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://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-statement-impending-partial-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.493989024311304, "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"}