{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tokuda-votes-no-on-partisan-house-funding-bill", "Rep. Tokuda Votes No on Partisan House Funding Bill", "2025-09-19", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Jill N. Tokuda", "T000487", "tokuda.house.gov", "tokuda", "https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases?PageNum_rs=3&", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) released the following statement on the stopgap government spending bill, which passed the House by a vote of 217-212.\n\n\u201cSecurity funding for government officials is important. But so is protecting families from losing Medicaid, keeping rural hospitals from closing, and ensuring small business owners and their employees aren\u2019t crushed by health premiums that have more than doubled. This is about fighting for the healthcare our people deserve \u2014 and while Republicans have chosen to do nothing, Democrats are focused on saving lives.\n\nLet\u2019s be clear: this is not a clean funding bill. It may fund the government on paper, but without safeguards, there is no guarantee that money will actually reach the communities who need it. We\u2019ve seen the Trump administration weaponize funding before, even canceling funds Congress had already appropriated. Allowing that to happen again would be na\u00efve and irresponsible.\n\nRepublican leadership included funding in this bill to ensure the safety and security of Members of Congress, administration officials, the Supreme Court, and others, and I remain committed to working with Republicans on this important effort. However, protecting lawmakers cannot come at the expense of the health and well-being of our constituents.\n\nThe status quo is not working. Critical funding for health care, tax credits, and community programs should never be held hostage to partisan power plays, and working families should never be left behind while lawmakers secure their own protection. Our people deserve better, and that's why I voted no.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tokuda-votes-no-on-partisan-house-funding-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7329019717872143, "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"}