{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hoyer.house.gov/media/press-releases/hoyer-political-will-answer-not-weakening-congress-united-states", "Hoyer: Political Will is the Answer, Not Weakening the Congress of the United States", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Steny H. Hoyer", "H000874", "hoyer.house.gov", "hoyer", "https://hoyer.house.gov/media", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK), U.S. Representative Tom McClintock (CA-05), and Former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young during the House Appropriations Full Committee Hearing on funding lapses and government shutdown reform. Below are a video and transcript of his remarks:\n\nClick here to watch a video of his remarks.\n\nHOYER: \u201cThank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First, let me say I think we have two thoughtful Members of the Congress of the United States presenting these proposals. Senator Lankford has represented that in the House and now represents [that] in the Senate. And as I've told Mr. McClintock, I always enjoy hearing him speak because I think he speaks [the] truth and with good analysis. However, I disagree with both of you strongly. Mr. McClintock \u2013 Congressman McClintock, you just said what I think is the real issue, and you said that no legislation or rule can replace political will.\"", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"]], "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://hoyer.house.gov/media/press-releases/hoyer-political-will-answer-not-weakening-congress-united-states"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5255887992680073, "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"}