{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://womack.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410885", "Womack on Appropriations Hearing: Americans Deserve a Functioning Government", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "AR", "Steve Womack", "W000809", "womack.house.gov", "womack", "https://womack.house.gov/news", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 July 22, 2026\u2026Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), a senior appropriator and Chairman of the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee, stressed the need for policy reform to prevent future government funding lapses during a full committee hearing.\n\nThe hearing witnesses were Senator James Lankford (OK), Representative Tom McClintock (CA-5), as well as former Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and current New York University School of Law Distinguished Scholar Shalanda Young.\n\nCongressman Womack said, \u201cGovernment shutdowns reflect a complete failure of Congress to do our primary job: fund the government according to the needs and wants of the American people. Accepting these failures as the status quo is impermissible, and I am grateful for the leadership of Chairman Tom Cole to examine the stumbling blocks that contribute to our system\u2019s breakdown and potential solutions. Americans deserve a functioning government, and today\u2019s hearing represents our commitment to delivering this and reliable access to the essential services it provides.\u201d\n\nDuring the hearing, Congressman Womack asked Young to outline the benefits of moving Congress to a biennial budget framework\u2014a key pillar of his newly introduced bill, the Budgeting for a Better America Act. Her response: \"You were in my opening remarks as one of the proposals. I've always thought that was just commonsense.\"\n\nRead more about the Budgeting for a Better America Act HERE.\n\nA video of Congressman Womack\u2019s questions for the witnesses can be found HERE.\n\nA full recording of the hearing is available HERE.\n\nCongressman Steve Womack (AR-3) has represented Arkansas\u2019s Third Congressional District since 2011. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.\n\nwomack.house.gov\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"]], "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://womack.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410885"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.486908972263336, "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"}