{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-responds-to-secretary-duffys-visit-to-newark-airport", "Booker Responds to Secretary Duffy\u2019s Visit to Newark Airport", "2025-10-06", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), released the following statement in response to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy\u2019s event at Newark Liberty International Airport:\n\n\u201cThe government is shut down because President Trump and Republicans refuse to negotiate with Democrats on a funding bill that can pass the Senate and addresses the crisis of skyrocketing health care costs that they have single handedly manufactured. Until Republicans and Trump come to the negotiating table, they will own every damaging repercussion for their shutdown at our airports and across the country.\n\n\u201cThe Trump Administration has laid off several hundred FAA staff and made the challenges facing FAA workers and airline passengers worse long before Republicans shut down the government.\n\n\u201cNow, Trump\u2019s shutdown raises further concerns about our aviation system at a time when our air traffic controllers are already severely understaffed and operating with aging and faulty equipment. This is a problem that the USDOT and the FAA have contributed to by firing FAA staff and not adequately investing in our air traffic controllers and a modern aviation system. The Trump Administration is responsible for ensuring safety including maintaining and supporting safety-critical positions\u2013like the air traffic controllers in Newark and across the country.\n\n\u201cThe solution to these problems isn\u2019t Republican press-conferences: it\u2019s for the Trump administration and Senate Republicans to do their job and meet Democrats at the negotiating table to craft a funding bill that will lower health care costs for millions of Americans and re-open the government.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-responds-to-secretary-duffys-visit-to-newark-airport"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7790150120854378, "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"}