{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-urges-maryland-senators-reopen-government-snap-military-pay", "Congressman Harris Urges Maryland Senators to Reopen the Government as SNAP, Military Pay, and Air Travel Are at Risk", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2014 Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), called out Maryland\u2019s Senate Democrats for refusing to reopen the government, warning that their failure to act is hurting Maryland families, jeopardizing SNAP benefits and military pay, and threatening critical federal services across the country.\n\nStatement from Congressman Harris:\n\n\u201cI think it's a chokepoint for America. Between SNAP benefits running out on Saturday, air traffic controllers, and the military potentially not getting paid if we go into November \u2014 these are all things that should never happen. The House voted five weeks ago to keep the government open, and it's about time the Senate follows suit,\u201d said Congressman Harris. \u201cThe breaking point has been reached. The American Federation of Government Employees, of course, earlier this week called for a clean CR to be passed. This is a Democrat union for all intents and purposes, so they're calling on their own leaders to end this shutdown. You have that, you have the SNAP benefits, you have the air traffic controller \u2014 you have all the things converging. I think within a week, I think a reasonable handful of Senate Democrats are going to vote to end the shutdown.\u201d\n\nTo watch the Fox Business interview, click HERE.\n\nFor media inquiries, please contact Anna Adamian at Anna.A@mail.house.gov", 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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-urges-maryland-senators-reopen-government-snap-military-pay"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7295489087700844, "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"}