{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-ricketts-republicans-are-working-to-end-the-schumer-shutdown-pay-on-duty-federal-officers/", "VIDEO: Ricketts: Republicans Are Working to End the Schumer Shutdown, Pay On-Duty Federal Officers", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Pete Ricketts", "R000618", "www.ricketts.senate.gov", "ricketts", "https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list&pagenum=", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) expressed his support for the Shutdown Fairness Act. The common-sense legislation would pay federal law enforcement officers, military servicemembers, and other on-duty federal officers until the Schumer Shutdown ends. Ricketts made the comments during his regular conference call with Nebraska media.\n\nWatch the video here.\n\n\u201cOur law enforcement officers work hard to prevent crime and protect families. They face danger, act fast, and serve with courage,\u201dsaid Ricketts. \u201cBut because of the Schumer Shutdown, federal officers, U.S. Attorneys, TSA agents, and Border Patrol agents are all working without pay. These federal officers and their families shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price for Chuck Schumer\u2019s political games. Their paychecks shouldn\u2019t be held hostage by Chuck Schumer. I continue to work with my Republican colleagues to end the Schumer Shutdown and support our law enforcement officers.\u201d\n\n\u201cRepublicans are working to ensure our law enforcement and all federal workers on duty don\u2019t continue to go unpaid,\u201d said Ricketts. \u201cTomorrow, we will be voting on the Shutdown Fairness Act. This solution makes sure that the people who are showing up for work every day get paid. This includes air traffic controllers, military servicemembers, federal officers, U.S. Attorneys, TSA agents, and Border Patrol agents. The Shutdown Fairness Act is simple. It\u2019s common sense. And it needs to pass.\u201d\n\nTRANSCRIPT:\n\n\u201cRecently, Nebraska State Police seized 130 pounds of meth outside of Omaha.\n\n\u201cMultiple times this year, Nebraska officers have arrested criminal members of the violent MS-13 gang.\n\n\u201cIn August, U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Lesley Woods announced the arrest of five individuals for sex and human trafficking, visa fraud, and money laundering.\n\n\u201cThese individuals trafficked minors and illegal immigrants across hotels and salons that they owned.\n\n\u201cAll five are present in the country illegally.\n\n\u201cEarlier this month, an Omaha Police officer was shot in the head while arresting a suspect at a gas station.\n\n\u201cWe continue to pray for his complete recovery.\n\n\u201cOur law enforcement officers work hard to prevent crime and protect families.\n\n\u201cThey face danger, act fast, and serve with courage.\n\n\u201cBut because of the Schumer Shutdown, federal officers, U.S. Attorneys, TSA agents, and Border Patrol agents are all working without pay.\n\n\u201cThese federal officers and their families shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price for Chuck Schumer\u2019s political games.\n\n\u201cTheir paychecks shouldn\u2019t be held hostage by Chuck Schumer.\n\n\u201cI continue to work with my Republican colleagues to end the Schumer Shutdown and support our law enforcement officers.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve voted nearly a dozen times to reopen the government with a clean continuing resolution.\n\n\u201cChuck Schumer and the Democrats continue to block it.\n\n\u201cThat hurts our heroic law enforcement officers.\n\n\u201cRepublicans are working to ensure our law enforcement and all federal workers on duty don\u2019t continue to go unpaid.\n\n\u201cTomorrow, we will be voting on the Shutdown Fairness Act.\n\n\u201cThis solution makes sure that the people who are showing up for work every day get paid.\n\n\u201cThis includes air traffic controllers, military servicemembers, federal officers, U.S. Attorneys, TSA agents, and Border Patrol agents.\n\n\u201cThe Shutdown Fairness Act is simple. It\u2019s common sense. And it needs to pass.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re giving Chuck Schumer and the Democrats another chance to vote to support the women and men who take drugs off our streets.\n\n\u201cAnother chance to support the ones who fight against the scourge of human and sex trafficking.\n\n\u201cAnother chance to support all the federal workers who keep us safe.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m going to stand up for our law enforcement officers. I urge Chuck Schumer to do the same.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-ricketts-republicans-are-working-to-end-the-schumer-shutdown-pay-on-duty-federal-officers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.088219927623868, "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"}