{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-derek-schmidt-statement-federal-government-shutdown", "Rep. Derek Schmidt statement on federal government shutdown", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Derek Schmidt", "S001228", "schmidt.house.gov", "schmidt", "https://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) tonight issued the following statement, as the Senate for a second time has rejected continuing resolutions to keep the federal government open and operating:\n\n\u201cNearly two weeks ago, the House passed a bipartisan bill to keep the government funded through November 21, while work continues on the full-year appropriations bills. Regrettably, Senate Democrats are insisting on the inclusion of a $1.5 trillion wish list of additional reckless spending instead of passing the House\u2019s continuing resolution. This shutdown is entirely the result of those unreasonable demands.\n\n\u201cWe must get our fiscal house in order by restraining spending. We made a good start in the policies that were in the reconciliation bill passed this summer, which included $1.2 trillion in spending reductions over the next 10 years. The funding bills that have passed out of the House Appropriations Committee build on this effort by decreasing spending by an additional $30 billion. We can\u2019t go back to business-as-usual and leave our children and grandchildren no path out of our country\u2019s massive debts.\n\n\u201cI hope this shutdown will be short-lived and the disruptions to federal government services will be minimal. It\u2019s up to Congressional Democrats to end their blockade and allow the appropriations process to continue.\u201d", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-derek-schmidt-statement-federal-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0513640008866787, "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"}