{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-vote-to-keep-government-open/", "Barrasso, Lummis Vote to Keep Government Open", "2023-09-30", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., issued the following statements after voting for the short-term funding bill to keep the government open.\n\n\u201cKeeping the government open is the right thing to do for Wyoming,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cThis legislation bridges the gap to pay our troops and keeps our National Parks open. One issue that many people in Wyoming are concerned about is pay cuts for our wildland firefighters. This bill stops this pay cut so firefighters can focus on protecting forests and communities across Wyoming. It also ensures a government that is open and working for the American people. Getting this bill passed puts the focus back on President Biden\u2019s failures at the border and with runaway inflation.\u201d\n\n\u201cI voted to avert the government shutdown to ensure our service men and women continue getting a paycheck, our national parks, which keep Wyoming\u2019s economy strong, remain open and federal services that people in Wyoming rely on remain open as Congress continues work on appropriations bills,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThroughout my time in Congress, I have been a fierce budget hawk, consistently opposing bloated spending bills and working to reform entitlements to set us on a sustainable fiscal path. During the next 45 days I will do everything in my power to push Congress to use this opportunity to get our fiscal house in order, cut spending to stop the out-of-control inflation harming the people of Wyoming and secure our southern border.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-vote-to-keep-government-open/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0530073195695877, "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"}