{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-courtney-speaker-johnson-abandoned-his-agreement-beck-and-call", "Rep. Courtney: Speaker Johnson Abandoned his Agreement at the Beck and Call of the President-elect and his Non-Elected \u201cDOGE\u201d Advisor Elon Musk", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Joe Courtney", "C001069", "courtney.house.gov", "courtney", "https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement.\n\n\u201cIn the period of less than 24 hours after Republican Speaker Mike Johnson released the bipartisan Continuing Resolution that would avoid a government shutdown and fund critical programs for CT farmers, shipbuilders, and Medicare patients, he abandoned his agreement at the beck and call of the President-elect and his non-elected \u201cDOGE\u201d advisor Elon Musk.\n\n\u201cThe bipartisan Continuing Resolution we agreed to provided approximately $23 million in long overdue economic and disaster assistance for Connecticut\u2019s farmers, expanded workforce training programs like Connecticut\u2019s Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative, and delivered sorely needed aid for Americans rebuilding from recent natural disasters. The bill also would have responded to the Biden Administration\u2019s request to Congress of over $14 billion for the Virginia and Columbia class submarine programs and the industrial base, which is desperately needed to help the Navy and industry boost production cadence and grow the supply chain\u2014requirements that are recognized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.\n\n\u201cInstead of adhering to this pro-worker, pro-farmer, and pro-Navy bipartisan deal that would keep our government open, Republicans are catering to out of touch billionaires. As a result, they are jeopardizing the pay of over 9,000 sailors and officers in Groton, Coast Guard Academy personnel in New London, and TSA agents and other federal employees ahead of Christmas.\n\n\u201cSpeaker Johnson\u2019s waffling has brought this country to the brink of a totally avoidable crisis that will cause real life harm to eastern Connecticut.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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/rep-courtney-speaker-johnson-abandoned-his-agreement-beck-and-call"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3700379058718681, "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"}