{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-condemns-washingtons-bipartisan-spending-addiction/", "Dr. Rand Paul Condemns Washington\u2019s Bipartisan Spending Addiction", "2018-06-20", "2018", "2018-06", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nJune 20, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate failed to discharge H.R. 3, President Trump\u2019s rescissions package to cut $15 billion in unneeded funding, from the Senate Appropriations Committee:\n\n\u201cIt is unacceptable \u2013 but no surprise \u2013 that the Swamp\u2019s bipartisan addiction to spending other people\u2019s money is so severe that the Senate refused to simply consider cutting funding that is no longer needed or authorized. I am disappointed by this Congress\u2019 failure to even pretend it takes fiscal responsibility seriously. Our $21 trillion debt poses the greatest danger to our national security and is only getting worse by the minute. Most frustratingly of all, it is largely a self-created threat.\n\n\u201cIt is time for Congress to grow up and acknowledge that government won\u2019t be able to do anyone any good or fund any politician\u2019s priority when it goes broke.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:59:28Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-condemns-washingtons-bipartisan-spending-addiction/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9029791690409184, "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"}