{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ratcliffe.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ratcliffe-votes-no-fy-2016-funding-package", "Ratcliffe Votes NO on FY 2016 Funding Package", "2015-12-18", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "John Ratcliffe", "R000601", "ratcliffe.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  In response to the FY 2016government fundingpackage voted on Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) issuedthe following statement:\nI just voted against the FY 2016 omnibus funding deal. I simply could not support a measure which funded many of President Obamas policies that Ive spent the last year actively fighting against.Specifically, this funding package failed to prohibit the presidents executive amnesty policies, failed to establish new restrictions on refugees from Syria and Iraq and failed to defund Planned Parenthood  all the while, it increasedgovernment spending over the caps that I voted not to lift in the first place.\n\"While there were some policy wins for conservatives included in the bill, now is the time for wholesale reform, not minor tweaks around the edges. Ive said it before, and Ill say it again. We cannot solve problems by passing more legislation that kicks the can even farther down the road. We need legislation that addresses the issues head on and puts an end to the reckless cycle of borrowing and spending.\n###", 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://ratcliffe.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ratcliffe-votes-no-fy-2016-funding-package"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.238589037209749, "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"}