{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-statement-republicans-refusal-end-department-homeland", "Congressman Carter Statement on Republicans Refusal to End the Department of Homeland Security Shutdown", "2026-03-27", "2026", "2026-03", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after voting NO on House Republicans\u2019 all-or-nothing bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):\n\n\u201cFor more than 40 days, Donald Trump and Republicans have created chaos at our airports and across critical homeland security operations, forcing TSA officers to work without pay while blocking multiple efforts to provide relief.\n\n\u201cThere is a better way. The bipartisan Senate compromise would immediately fund the TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA and our cybersecurity personnel. This agreement protects Americans safety and ensures frontline workers are paid. Instead of embracing this commonsense approach and ending this shutdown, House Republicans are pushing an all-or-nothing bill that jeopardizes progress and prolongs uncertainty. By not passing the Senate bill, Trump and House Republicans are guaranteeing the Department of Homeland Security will continue to be shutdown, refusing to work in the best interest of the American people.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I voted NO on tonight\u2019s bill. I will continue to push for the Senate\u2019s bipartisan solution: act now to fund critical public safety functions, pay our essential workers, and complete negotiations in good faith.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-30T06:05:15Z", "2026-04-30T06:07:09Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-statement-republicans-refusal-end-department-homeland"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5858858823776245, "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"}