{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://sires.house.gov/press-release/congressman-sires%E2%80%99-statement-republican-government-shutdown", "Congressman Sires\u2019 Statement on the Republican Government Shutdown", "2013-10-01", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Albio Sires", "S001165", "sires.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For Immediate Release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact: Erica Daughtrey\nOctober 1, 2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 201-309-0301\nCongressman Sires\u2019 Statement on the Republican Government Shutdown\n(Washington, D.C.)- Today, Congressman Sires released the following statement in response to the government shutdown as a result of House leadership\u2019s refusal to bring to a vote a clean Continuing Resolution (CR):\n\u201cLast night, the Republicans in the House majority voted for the fourth time on a reckless spending bill that is a non-starter with the Senate and President Obama.\u00a0 Their refusal to retreat from their extreme, ideological demands is taking our country down a dangerous path that will hurt our economy, threaten job creation, and leave families with less security, and our country with less certainty and stability.\nToday, 800,000 federal employees woke up to discover that they cannot work nor get paid.\u00a0 This refusal to pass a clean spending legislation to keep the government funded has got to stop.\u00a0 Partisan tactics have now become reality as thousands of Americans anxiously wait when they can go back to work and support their families.\nThe Republicans latest maneuver was passing a measure in the middle of the night to request a conference with the Senate to negotiate a spending measure.\u00a0 I am supportive of budget negotiations for a comprehensive plan that addresses responsible government spending, but not for a last ditch effort that only guarantees a continued government shutdown.\u00a0 Keeping our government running is a basic function of Congress.\u00a0 Attaching unrelated policy measures to a simple funding resolution is unacceptable.\u00a0\nMy Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives have even looked to compromise with Republicans by offering a lower funding level in the CR to a level previously supported by Republicans, but that offer was rejected.\u00a0 I urge my colleagues across the aisle to pass a clean CR to ensure our recovering economy does not suffer more damage, as well as the American people.\u201d\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://sires.house.gov/press-release/congressman-sires%E2%80%99-statement-republican-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9192619472742081, "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"}