{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://delaney.house.gov//news/press-releases/delaney-statement-on-house-budget-vote", "Delaney Statement on House Budget Vote", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "John Delaney", "D000620", "delaney.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Thursday evening the House voted on legislation to fund the government. The measure passed 219-206.\nCongressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) issues the following statement:\n\u201cThe bill before us isn\u2019t perfect. It is, however, a constructive compromise that is the product of a negotiation with each side at the table, House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans.\n\u201cThis bill includes important provisions such as increased funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, a military pay raise, support for much needed infrastructure projects, expanded funding for child care and special education grants, more resources for the FBI and much needed emergency funding to combat Ebola.\n\u201cWe have an obligation to legislate and to govern. I support keeping the government open, which means we keep paying our troops at Fort Detrick, we keep disease researchers at NIH and scientists and engineers at NIST on the job, and that we keep air traffic control towers in Hagerstown and Frederick open, to name just a few examples. I don\u2019t agree with everything in this bill but, on balance, I believe that it is better for Maryland than the alternative.\u201d\n\u00a0\n##", 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://delaney.house.gov//news/press-releases/delaney-statement-on-house-budget-vote"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7969571743160486, "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"}