{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-pleased-most-national-guard-reserve-members-back-to-work", "Donnelly Pleased Most National Guard, Reserve Members Back to Work", "2013-10-07", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Pleased Most National Guard, Reserve Members Back to Work\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tCalls on both sides to get the government back operating so all are working to protect our nation\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, October 7, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement after Defense Secretary Hagel announced over the weekend that he would be putting most of the 350,000 furloughed Department of Defense workers back on the job.\r\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased that most members of the National Guard and Reserves will be back to work protecting our nation and that they will receive pay,\u201d said Donnelly.\u00a0 \u201cNow, I call on both parties to put aside the political rhetoric, get the government back up and running, and agree to pay the bills we have already incurred.\u00a0 Let\u2019s put everyone back on the job and start focusing on improving our economy, not creating problems for American families\u2019 pocketbooks.\u201d\r\nLast week, Senator Donnelly joined 49 other senators from both parties in sending a letter to Secretary Hagel asking him to use the latitude offered to him by the \"Pay Our Military Act,\" which was unanimously passed by Congress and signed by the President, to return members of the National Guard and Reserves back to their critical jobs of protecting our nation and ensure those who serve troops and their family members receive their pay.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\t\tDonnelly_Press@Donnelly.Senate.Gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-pleased-most-national-guard-reserve-members-back-to-work"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4812781009823084, "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"}