{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/12/sen-johnson-leads-fight-against-massive-omnibus-spending-bill", "Sen. Johnson Leads Fight Against Massive Omnibus Spending Bill", "2022-12-15", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cWe literally are the Board of Directors of the largest financial entity in the world\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was joined by Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in a press conference to oppose the Pelosi-Schumer Omnibus spending bill and argue in favor of a short-term Continuing Resolution to allow ample time to analyze and debate additional government spending.\n\nIn 2019 \u2013 before the COVID-19 spending increase \u2013 federal spending totaled $4.4 trillion. As we approach the end of 2022, a 36% increase in spending to $6.0 trillion has been estimated. Sen. Johnson poses the question \u201cWhy haven\u2019t we gone back to normal spending?\u201d now that the pandemic is over.\n\n\u201cWe, as 535 members of Congress, we literally are the Board of Directors of the largest financial entity in the world and we never talk numbers,\u201d Sen. Johnson explained. \u201cI\u2019ve been asking colleagues, I\u2019ve been asking reporters, do you know how much the federal government spent last year? And most people I ask look pretty flummoxed. I say, don\u2019t feel bad. It\u2019s not your fault. It\u2019s because we never talk about it.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe're mortgaging our kids\u2019 futures. This is killing us from a financial standpoint. It's got to stop. This process has to stop which is why I supported Senator Lee's unanimous consent request yesterday to pass a CR, as much as we all hate CRs, the dysfunction they represent. Pass a CR that gets us into next year. Not only to give a Republican House an opportunity to respond to the people that put them in place, but also to give us time to start understanding what these numbers actually mean,\u201d Sen. Johnson continued.\n\nSenator Johnson\u2019s full remarks can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/12/sen-johnson-leads-fight-against-massive-omnibus-spending-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.748642884194851, "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"}