{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://nunn.house.gov/2025/10/23/icymi-nunn-meets-with-small-businesses-health-leaders-and-first-responders-calls-for-immediate-end-to-democrat-shutdown/", "ICYMI: Nunn Meets with Small Businesses, Health Leaders, and First Responders, Calls For Immediate End to Democrat Shutdown", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Zachary Nunn", "N000193", "nunn.house.gov", "nunn", "https://nunn.house.gov/category/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "OSCEOLA, MOUNT AYR, & CRESTON, IA \u2014 Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) this week joined community members, small business owners, frontline health care workers, and first responders to hear how the ongoing government shutdown is impacting essential services and local economies.\n\n\u201cI am meeting with Iowans everyday. They aren\u2019t asking for much, just a government that is open and working for them,\u201d said Rep. Nunn. \u201cWith funding for essential programs including SNAP, WIC, and Head Start set to run out at the end of the month, and federal loan and support programs at a standstill, I\u2019m calling on Senate Democrats to set aside their partisan demands and immediately pass the clean continuing resolution the House sent them over a month ago.\u201d\n\nOsceola, Clarke County\n\nRep. Nunn met with local business owners and Chamber of Commerce leaders in downtown Osceola to discuss shipping delays, workforce shortages, and stalled federal programs that support Main Street commerce. Businesses expressed concern over paused Small Business Administration (SBA) services, delayed grants, and general uncertainty.\n\n\u201cThe City of Osceola extends its thanks to Congressman Zach Nunn for visiting City Hall to discuss the impacts of the government shutdown, ongoing infrastructure and public safety needs, and for touring the downtown district to meet with local business owners,\u201d said Ty Wheeler, Osceola City Administrator.\n\nPhotos available here.\n\nMount Ayr, Ringgold County\n\nAt the Ringgold Neighborhood Center, Rep. Nunn visited with business owners, staff at the local thrift shop and food pantry, and service providers who are grappling with disruptions to federal programs like SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid. These services are at risk of running dry by the end of the month if the shutdown continues.\n\n\u201cThank you to Congressman Zach Nunn for taking time out of his busy schedule and coming to see what Ringgold County Matura is all about,\u201d said Joana Putvain, Executive Director, Ringgold County Matura. \u201cHe listened to our needs in the county and was very sincere about what we have done for our county.\u201d\n\nPhotos available here.\n\nCreston, Union County\n\nRep. Nunn visited both Creston Greater Regional Health Center and the Creston Fire Department to meet with health care professionals, first responders, and local officials about the wide-ranging impacts of the ongoing shutdown. At the hospital, leaders stressed the urgent need to maintain critical services like Urgent Care and OBGYN, while also addressing workforce shortages. Rep. Nunn highlighted the $50 billion rural health care safety net included in the Working Families Tax Cuts, along with his bipartisan Train More Nurses Act and Train More Primary Care Doctors Act to grow Iowa\u2019s medical workforce.\n\nAt the fire department, Rep. Nunn joined firefighters, law enforcement, and community members to hear concerns about equipment needs, staffing pressures, and how federal disruptions affect public safety operations.\n\n\u201cGRH would like to thank US Congressman Nunn and his staff for visiting our facility today,\u201d said Kimberly Wheeler, Chief Quality Officer, Greater Regional Health. \u201cWe appreciate Congressman Nunn taking time to ask our leadership team for their input on important healthcare issues facing GRH and Iowa hospitals in general. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with both state and federal representatives to ensure GRH can continue to meet our mission to provide the highest quality health care and service to our patients and families served.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe appreciate Congressman Nunn for taking time with members of the Creston Fire Department, Union County Sheriff\u2019s office and Creston Police Department as well as community members,\u201d said Creston Firefighter Dillon Daughenbaugh. \u201cWe are grateful to speak with him on important issues and for being accessible.\u201d\n\nPhotos available here.\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://nunn.house.gov/2025/10/23/icymi-nunn-meets-with-small-businesses-health-leaders-and-first-responders-calls-for-immediate-end-to-democrat-shutdown/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.451387234032154, "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"}