{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-statement-on-senate-vote-to-avert-government-shutdown", "Booker Statement on Senate Vote to Avert Government Shutdown", "2023-09-30", "2023", "2023-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after voting for stopgap funding legislation to avert a disastrous government shutdown:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m relieved that a crisis manufactured by Republicans in the House is on track to be narrowly avoided. I\u2019m beyond frustrated that it came to this, at the 11th hour.\n\n\u201cTimes like these demand leadership that puts our country first. Not party, not position, but country. The kind of leadership that\u2019s been missing among too many House Republicans.\n\n\u201cThe people of Ukraine are on the front lines of the fight for democracy and freedom. Our commitment to standing by Ukraine and our shared values will continue to be unwavering. I am confident the Senate will continue to support sustained funding and assistance for Ukraine as they continue the fight to defend their homeland from Putin\u2019s unjust and illegal war.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m encouraged that Democrats and Republicans in the Senate joined together in efforts to prevent a shutdown. I\u2019m proud that House Democrats stood up to extremists to preserve essential programs that Americans count on. And I look forward to voting on a Ukraine supplemental bill as soon as possible.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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-statement-on-senate-vote-to-avert-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.044820062816143, "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"}