{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://billjohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398348", "Bill Johnson Statement on Passage of Omnibus Appropriations Bill", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Bill Johnson", "J000292", "billjohnson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) issued the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 83 (the Omnibus Appropriations Bill), legislation that fully funds 11 of 12 annual Appropriations bills through September 30, 2015.  \r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) issued the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 83 (the Omnibus Appropriations Bill), legislation that fully funds 11 of 12 annual Appropriations bills through September 30, 2015.\u00a0 Notably, H.R. 83 only funds the Department of Homeland Security through February 27, 2015, which provides Republicans a chance to respond to President Obama\u2019s executive order on amnesty after the new Republican-controlled Senate takes office in January:\r\n\u201cThe bipartisan legislation that passed the House today represents the reality of divided government, takes steps toward a more fiscally responsible government, and establishes the lowest spending level in five years. \u00a0 It provides: no new funding for Obamacare; cuts the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) by $10 million; provides no funding for the Administration\u2019s \u201cRace to the Top\u201d program \u2013 one of President Obama\u2019s primary initiatives to coerce states into adopting Common Core; contains additional, strong pro-life provisions; protects all Americans\u2019 Second Amendment rights; cuts funding for the IRS by $345.6 million \u2013 one of the agencies tasked with implementing President Obama\u2019s health care law; and, addresses many more priorities of the hard-working taxpayers that sent us here\u201d Bill Johnson said.\r\n\u201cVery importantly to those across Eastern and Southeastern Ohio, the legislation cuts the EPA by $60 million.\u00a0 This is the fifth year in a row the EPA budget has been reduced, and it brings EPA total staffing to its lowest level since 1989.\u00a0 The EPA has put a stranglehold on the coal industry through its crippling, and job-killing regulations.\u00a0 Any opportunity to cut the EPA\u2019s budget and rein them in is a win for Ohioans.\u00a0 This legislation would also protect farmers from the EPA\u2019s Clean Water Act by preventing the Army Corps from regulating farm ponds and irrigation ditches.\u00a0 Additionally, this legislation supports our troops in providing them with a well-earned pay raise, and provides the Department of Defense the funding it needs to continue to combat ISIL and other global threats to our security.\u00a0\r\n\u201cCongress will be better suited to address the President\u2019s blatant executive overreach on amnesty early next year when the new Republican-led Senate is sworn in, and Harry Reid is no longer Senate Majority Leader and chief obstructionist. \u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u201cBy no means is this bill perfect; however, as Thomas Jefferson famously said, \u201cthe ground of liberty is to be gained by inches,\u201d and this responsible legislation gets America moving in the right direction as we enter 2015.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://billjohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398348"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4208038337528706, "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"}