{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-statement-on-yes-vote-to-pay-essential-federal-workers-during-shutdown/", "Warnock Statement on \u201cYes\u201d Vote to Pay Essential Federal Workers During Shutdown", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Today, Senator Warnock voted \u201cYes\u201d on the Shutdown Fairness Act, legislation to pay essential federal workers, including TSA Agents, federal law enforcement, and the military\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on his \u201cYes\u201d vote for the Shutdown Fairness Act. The legislation provides permanent funding to federal agencies to pay the salaries and benefits of employees and contractors who are required to work during a government shutdown.\n\n\u201cEssential workers shouldn\u2019t be punished because Washington Republicans chose to shut down the government. This vote reflects my commitment to the people who work hard every day to keep us safe and keep our country moving. It\u2019s critical these hardworking public servants get the pay they are owed but let us be clear: Washington Republicans have created a false choice between reopening the government and preventing premiums from doubling on average for 1.2 million Georgians. It\u2019s not complicated, Congress can and must reopen the government, get paychecks out to all federal workers, and fund health care.\u201d\n\nSenator Warnock has voted seven times on legislation to reopen the government and extend premium tax credits that would keep premiums from doubling on average for 1.2 million Georgians.", 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.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-statement-on-yes-vote-to-pay-essential-federal-workers-during-shutdown/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0934641361236572, "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"}