{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-womens-caucus-joins-advocates-urging-house-republicans", "Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus Joins Advocates in Urging House Republicans #DontDefaultOnWomenAndFamilies", "2023-05-26", "2023", "2023-05", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014This week, members of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus (DWC) joined advocates and moms from the National Women\u2019s Law Center, MomsRising, Community Change Action and Zero to Three to call on House Republicans to prevent a devastating default and stop holding the American economy hostage.\n\nAt the press conference, lawmakers and advocates made clear that the cuts House Republicans have proposed aren\u2019t just numbers on a page, they would have real-life, devastating consequences for women and families across the country\u2014and would mean more hungry kids, veterans stripped of their benefits, fewer child care slots, more parents unable to go to work, and steeper challenges for families to get nutrition assistance, health care, and housing.They also highlighted that House Republicans\u2019 threat of default would mean a disastrous economic catastrophe that would cause financial instability and devastating job loss that would hit families and moms already struggling the hardest.\n\n\u201cRepublicans are holding middle class families hostage to pass their extreme MAGA agenda and give tax cuts for the wealthy,\u201d Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said. \u201cA default on America's debt would eliminate jobs, increase housing costs and threaten retirement plans. As Republicans push America to the brink of default, Democrats are united in fighting for women and families.\u201d\n\n\"I want the American people to know today about what is actually going down in this chamber. We have spent months trying to get a debt ceiling passed\u2014this is a manufactured crisis,\u201d said DWC Member Services Co-Chair Rep. Stansbury. \u201cHouse Republicans are using this moment to negotiate to take away your programs, your freedom, your right to be able to make your own decisions about how you raise your family, the way you put food on the table, and the way you put a roof over your head. That's what this is about\u2013and we are standing firm for our families.\"\n\n\u201cTo my House Republican colleagues: you must listen to the women and families across the country who would be impacted by your cruel proposal. The cuts you have proposed aren\u2019t just numbers on a page, they would have real-life, devastating consequences that women would not soon forget. That\u2019s why we\u2019re fighting back, standing up, and speaking out. No matter what, the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus will make sure women\u2019s voices are heard in the halls of power,\u201dsaid DWC Chair Lois Frankel.\n\n\u201cThe GOP-manufactured debt ceiling crisis has the country on the edge of a catastrophe. And what do Republicans want to do? Not only do they want to increase their so-called work requirements, but they want to stop states from being merciful to vulnerable women, children, and families. This debate around so-called work requirements is about resurrecting the welfare queen narrative and alleging that the most vulnerable Americans are unworthy of the full rights to housing, health care, and food on the kitchen table. I say to my Republicans colleagues, raise the debt ceiling, don\u2019t default on our debt, and don\u2019t default on our families!\u201dsaid DWC Comms Co-Chair Gwen Moore.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "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://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-womens-caucus-joins-advocates-urging-house-republicans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8500139228999615, "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"}