{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-statement-on-ryan-murray-budget-deal", "Inhofe Statement on Ryan-Murray Budget Deal", "2013-12-11", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Inhofe", "I000024", "www.inhofe.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Inhofe Statement on Ryan-Murray Budget Deal\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, December 11, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement today on Congressman Paul Ryan's and Senator Patty Murray's two-year budget agreement:\u00a0\r\n\"The federal government has operated\u00a0for\u00a0far too long without a budget and our stagnant economy demands the relief and predictability that such a budget would provide. Congressman Ryan and Sen. Murray were faced with difficult decisions to help get\u00a0federal spending under control,\u00a0and I am continuing to review this complex deal and weigh what it will mean for Oklahomans as well as for our men and women in uniform.\u00a0I appreciate that the Ryan-Murray deal sought to address the steep defense cuts in the Budget Control Act (BCA) that are undermining our national security, but it is unfortunate that these modest reductions were also extended to non-defense spending.\u00a0The cuts taken to defense remain disproportionate and\u00a0send a terrible\u00a0message\u00a0to\u00a0our all-volunteer force who\u00a0have\u00a0already endured over $487 billion in budget reductions under this Administration and continue to\u00a0sacrifice\u00a0in order to fund President Obama\u2019s\u00a0runaway domestic\u00a0spending.\u00a0Furthermore, the budget deal\u00a0steps outside of its jurisdiction to find savings by targeting\u00a0military retirees.\u00a0Our nation\u2019s entitlement programs are ballooning, but instead of addressing this desperate need for reform, the deal would compromise a commission\u00a0currently reviewing overall military compensation as\u00a0tasked by the Armed Services Committee.\u00a0We must do everything that we can to maintain the\u00a0sacred vow\u00a0our country has made to those brave\u00a0servicemembers.\u00a0In coming days, I will be traveling Oklahoma and seeking my constituents' feedback on this proposal and will also be weighing the needs of our military leaders.\" \u00a0\r\n\r\n###", 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.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-statement-on-ryan-murray-budget-deal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.7193306013941765, "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"}