{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=933B01F3-06D7-4209-BE8E-80B4B115AF6C", "ICYMI: On Veterans Day, Graham Fulfills Promise to Donate Government Shutdown Paycheck to South Carolina Veterans Organization", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) yesterday fulfilled his promise to donate his entire paycheck to Upstate Warrior Solution (UWS) for the more than 6 weeks the government has gone unfunded. Graham was in Greenville yesterday to present his donation. Upstate Warrior Solution is a non-profit organization headquartered in Greenville providing community-based solutions to South Carolina veterans and their families.\n\nIn Praise of Upstate Warrior Solution:\n\n\u201cI travel a lot in South Carolina and throughout the country, [and] I\u2019ve never seen a place quite like this. \u2026 This is a special place. Those who had this idea, this vision [of a] one stop shop for veterans, well done.\u201d\n\nIn Recognition of Veterans Day:\n\n\u201cNothing in our lives that is positive could happen without those willing to serve our country in very dangerous circumstances. People would take our freedom away from us if they could\u2026 The only thing between our freedom and people taking it away are the men and women in uniform.\u201d\n\nOn the constitutional amendment Graham introduced requiring Members of Congress to forfeit their pay during government shutdowns \u2013 and receive no backpay:\n\n\u201cI really do believe there would less government shutdowns if we had to forfeit our pay. I\u2019ve [introduced] a constitutional amendment that I\u2019m going to get a vote on and make everybody else do what I just did: give their pay up when the government shuts down.\u201d\n\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=933B01F3-06D7-4209-BE8E-80B4B115AF6C"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7551849596202374, "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"}