{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/collins-king-statement-on-pnsy-biw-guard-employees-returning-to-work", "Collins, King Statement on PNSY, BIW, Guard Employees Returning to Work", "2013-10-07", "2013", "2013-10", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Collins, King Statement on PNSY, BIW, Guard Employees Returning to Work\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 U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today issued the following statement regarding Maine Army and Air National Guard, Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees returning to work:   \u00a0   \u201cWe are certainly pleased that the dedicated members of the Maine National Guard and civilian federal employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and at Bath Iron Works are returning to work,\u00a0but remain frustrated\u00a0that they were ever furloughed in the first place. The \u2018Pay Our Military Act\u2019 is now being implemented as Congress intended\u00a0and as we clarified in our letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel,\u201d Senators Collins and King said in a joint statement.\u00a0\u201cWe will continue to closely examine how the Pentagon administers this law, especially as it relates to other defense installations in our state.\u201d   \u00a0   Last Friday, Senators Collins and King joined a bipartisan group of 50 senators in\u00a0sending a letter\u00a0to Secretary Hagel urging him to review furlough policies in light of the \u201cPay Our Military Act\u201d being made law.\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.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/collins-king-statement-on-pnsy-biw-guard-employees-returning-to-work"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5576831065118313, "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"}