{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=837", "LABRADOR ON MEET THE PRESS: \"THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT\"", "2013-09-30", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Ra\u00fal Labrador", "L000573", "labrador.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Ra\u00fal Labrador (R-ID) was a panelist on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press on Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0 He discussed House Republican efforts to keep the government open, delay ObamaCare, and repeal the medical device tax.\u00a0 The other panelists were Chris Matthews, Dee Dee Myers, and former Ambassador Jon Huntsman.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tTo watch the panel discussion, click here.\r\n\r\n\tSome highlights:\r\n\r\n\tOn ObamaCare: \u201cAll we're asking for in the House of Representatives is a one-year delay. Just like the unions are asking for a one-year delay, like he has given to Big Businesses. I don't think that's an unreasonable thing for us to be asking for.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tOn the C.R. battle: \u201cThe Democrats spent the entire decade of the Bush administration trying to repeal the Bush Tax Cuts. It's not like Republicans and Democrats don't fight about their policies. That's what politics is all about.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tOn a possible government shutdown: \u201cThe president and the Democrats want to shut down the government.\u00a0 If you look last night at Twitter, there wasn't a single Republican on Twitter who was saying, \u2018Let's shut down the government.\u2019 But every single Democrat was saying, \u2018The Republicans want to shut down the government.\u2019 The politics are coming from the other side,\r\n\r\n\tOn the negative tone of politics (to Chris Matthews):\u00a0 \u201cYour boss, Tip O'Neil, shut down the government twelve different times. And you didn't call him a terrorist.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tA full transcript can be found here.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t####", 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://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=837"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8937336280941963, "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"}