{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-regarding-passage", "STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING PASSAGE OF A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXTEND THE DEBT CEILING TO PROTECT THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "William Clay", "C001049", "lacyclay.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "MEDIA CONTACT:\nSTEVEN ENGELHARDT (314) 504-4029\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 16, 2013\nSTATEMENT BY \nCONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI\nREGARDING PASSAGE OF CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXTEND THE DEBT CEILING TO PROTECT THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES\nWASHINGTON, DC  The following is a first-person statement from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri in reaction to congressional action to reopen the federal government and extend the debt ceiling of the United States.\n===\nAfter two weeks of a senseless Republican government shutdown that deprived the American people of vital services, inflicted real hardship on 800,000 federal employees, and according to Standard & Poor's, resulted in a net loss of $24 billion to the U.S. economyextortion has failed.\nThe House Republican leadership ought to be ashamed of what they allowed to happen. The GOP Tea Party has accomplished nothing, they have cost the taxpayers billions, and they have weakened this country.\nExtortion is not an acceptable form of government in a great nation. The American people deserve better.\n=\n-30-", 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://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-regarding-passage"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5202341601252556, "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"}