{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=13&itemid=1588", "Grijalva Statement on Pending Budget Deal That Asks Federal Workers to Accept More Economic Sacrifices, Fails to Close Loopholes", "2013-12-10", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Ra\u00fal Grijalva", "G000551", "grijalva.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Rep.\u00a0Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva released the following statement\u00a0today after it was reported that a\u00a0pending budget deal hinges on\u00a0forcing\u00a0federal workers to pay more into\u00a0pension plans and ending an extension of unemployment insurance:\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cFederal employees work\u00a0every day to inspect\u00a0our food, deliver Social Security checks and ensure our loved ones arrive safely at airports around the country. Our thanks to them over the past few years\u00a0has\u00a0been a series of\u00a0pay freezes, furloughs\u00a0and reckless government shutdowns.\u00a0Federal workers\u2019 pay and pensionsshould not be on the table and neither should unemployment insurance, which temporarily fills the gap for families during hard times.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cI\u00a0strongly oppose\u00a0a\u00a0budget deal that asks federal employees\u00a0to endure\u00a0another\u00a0pay cut, ends an important\u00a0economic\u00a0lifeline for out-of-work Americans, and preserves unfair corporate tax giveaways.\u00a0Congress should pass a budget deal that invests in jobs and the economy. American families should not be hurt in the process.\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://grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=13&itemid=1588"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7732473313808441, "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"}