{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-betty-mccollum-republicans-failed-cr-risks-our-national-security", "Congresswoman Betty McCollum: Republicans\u2019 Failed CR Risks Our National Security, Wastes Billions", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Betty McCollum", "M001143", "mccollum.house.gov", "mccollum", "https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 On Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives voted in a bipartisan fashion to reject Republicans\u2019 extreme continuing resolution (CR) that would have curtailed Americans\u2019 voting rights while providing insufficient funding for key agencies and government functions. The proposal failed on a vote of 202-220.\n\nThe legislation:\n\nRisks our national security and hurts our military readiness by putting government funding on autopilot for six months, leading the Department of Defense to continue programs that they\u2019re ready to wind down while stalling innovation.\n\nPuts disaster relief efforts at risk by providing insufficient funding to repair highways and bridges impacted by disasters across 38 states and 3 territories.\n\nLeaves our veterans behind and undermines their care by offering inadequate resources for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which would have slowed the healthcare services of millions of veterans.\n\nIncreases Social Security Administration wait times by prolonging the delay in needed service upgrades for the Social Security Administration.\n\n\u201cIt is deeply unfortunate that a Continuing Resolution is necessary. The House Republican Majority wasted months writing bills loaded with extreme social policy that is rejected by the majority of Americans. Still, Republicans only passed half their bills \u2013 why? Because they were so unpopular with their own conference. Having failed to complete the basic responsibility of funding the federal government, Republicans now want to kick the can for another six months,\u201d said Congresswoman Betty McCollum during her speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. \u201cThey will waste half the fiscal year, costing taxpayers billions of dollars. A CR this long would be irresponsible, and the Department of Defense has identified the consequences for our national security and negative impacts on our military personnel and their families. We should reject this legislation \u2013 pass a short-term CR \u2013 and roll up our sleeves and get to work.\u201d\n\nWatch Congresswoman McCollum\u2019s full remarks from the House floor on YouTube.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-betty-mccollum-republicans-failed-cr-risks-our-national-security"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9893989190459251, "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"}