{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://harris.house.gov/press-release/rep-harris-releases-statement-partial-shutdown-and-debt-ceiling-negotiations", "Rep Harris Releases Statement on Partial Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Negotiations", "2013-10-09", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. released the following statement on the latest developments regarding the partial shutdown and debt ceiling negotiation:\n\u00a0\n\u201cOur nation is at a crossroads - and the decisions we make over both a government spending bill and on raising our debt ceiling will determine the fiscal future of America.\u00a0 President Obama and the Senate leadership want the House to pass their \u201cclean\u201d spending plan. It is anything but clean.\u00a0 Their bill would fund the special exception for members of Congress to get taxpayer-subsidized \u201cGold\u201d health plans, subsidies for health care that no one else in America will be eligible for.\u00a0 Their plan allows big businesses to get an exemption from the Obamacare mandate, but not individuals, and their plan allows spending to continue at the same rate that led us to this year\u2019s $650 billion deficit.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u201cIn his opposition to raising the debt ceiling, in 2006, then-Senator Obama said, \u201cWashington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.\u201d\u00a0 What he said then is still true today.\u00a0 Since that time, the national debt has doubled.\u00a0 We spend more today just on paying the interest on our national debt than we do on the Departments of Veteran Affairs, Homeland Security, and Agriculture.\u00a0 That\u2019s why passing a \u201cclean\u201d debt ceiling increase is a bad idea.\n\u00a0\n\u201cWe need to get our nation on a path toward fiscal responsibility and not continue the reckless spending.\u201d\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://harris.house.gov/press-release/rep-harris-releases-statement-partial-shutdown-and-debt-ceiling-negotiations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2927311472594738, "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"}