{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-statement-day-10-democrat-government-shutdown", "Miller-Meeks Statement on Day 10 of the Democrat Government Shutdown", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Mariannette Miller-Meeks", "M001215", "millermeeks.house.gov", "millermeeks", "https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "IOWA \u2014 Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) released the following statement on Day 10 of the Democrat-led government shutdown, which continues to harm American families, troops, veterans, and small businesses:\n\n\"It\u2019s now Day 10 of the Democrat Government Shutdown. For ten days, families across Iowa have paid the price because Chuck Schumer and Washington Democrats refuse to support a clean, bipartisan bill to fund the government for 7-weeks and keep the government open. They\u2019ve now voted seven times to keep it shut down, all to demand $1.5 trillion in new spending and taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.\n\n\"This shutdown means Iowa\u2019s federal workers aren\u2019t getting paid, small businesses face delayed loans, and 62,000 families relying on nutrition assistance are living in uncertainty. Our Border Patrol and law-enforcement officers are serving without pay while Democrats put politics ahead of people.\n\n\"As a 24-year Army veteran, I voted to keep the government open because our troops, veterans, and working families deserve better. President Trump and House Republicans have delivered real solutions; it\u2019s time for Senate Democrats to do their jobs, put the American people first, and end this shutdown.\" - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks\n\nBackground\n\nHouse Republicans passed a clean, bipartisan, bicameral Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open for seven weeks with no new spending.\n\nDespite having previously votedto pass CR's 13 times under Joe Biden, Democrats have now voted to reject this clean extension SEVEN times.\n\nDemocrats are demanding $1.5 trillion in new spending and taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants instead.\n\nThe shutdown is impacting Iowans everywhere:\n\n1,800 Iowa National Guard Troops serving overseas are not getting paid.\n\n18,000 federal employees in Iowa are working without pay.\n\n62,000 Iowans relying on WIC face program uncertainty.\n\nSNAP benefits for 267,000 Iowans, including 104,00 children could face disruptions.\n\nSmall businesses are seeing $16 million in frozen SBA loan distributions this month.\n\nIowa\u2019s economy is losing an estimated $137 million per week as long as the shutdown continues.\n\nNationally\n\nBorder Patrol, Corrections Officers, and our Military are all working without pay.\n\nAir Traffic Controllers and TSA Officers are working without pay, leading to flight delays around the country.\n\nTelehealth services for seniors are being cancelled due to a lapse in Medicare funding.\n\nIn addition to voting to pass the clean, bipartisan CR that would have kept the government open,Rep. Miller-Meeks has cosponsored the Pay Our Troops Act, legislation that would ensure service members receive their pay during the shutdown.\n\nMiller-Meeks has also cosponsored the Eliminate Shutdowns Act, legislation that if passed would ensure there will never again be a federal government shutdown, by triggering automatic 14-day continuing resolutions in the event of a lapse in appropriations for any federal program, project, or activity that was in effect at the time.\n\nCongresswoman Miller-Meeks announced that she is withholding her pay during the entirety of this Democrat shutdown.\n\n###", 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://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-statement-day-10-democrat-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8264470379799604, "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"}