{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://woodall.house.gov/press-release/woodall-statement-house-passed-government-funding-bill", "Woodall Statement on House-Passed Government Funding Bill", "2014-12-12", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Rob Woodall", "W000810", "woodall.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, U.S. Representative Rob Woodall issued the following statement regarding his support of the House-passed government funding legislation.\n\u201cCongress and the American people have debated a number of different paths to try to hold President Obama accountable for his executive overreach.\u00a0 While there is still disagreement on which path is best, the path that we took in the House tonight is the first step to get us there.\u00a0 First and foremost, this bill holds the line on spending, implementing a spending level that is even lower than the one proposed in the original \u2018too conservative to pass\u2019 Paul Ryan budget.\u00a0 Additionally, the bill implements conservative priorities such as an increase in pay and funding for our troops, as well as accountability measures for the IRS and EPA.\u201d\n\u201cWhile the bill implements restraints on executive overreach in many areas, it could not turn off the funding stream that the President intends to use for his executive actions on immigration.\u00a0 As conservatives, we have all been very frustrated by recent attempts at unilateral lawmaking by the Obama Administration. \u00a0There is a misconception, however, that if we shut down the government that we can prevent him from acting. \u00a0A government shutdown can\u2019t stop him. \u00a0His actions are funded with money that he raises through fees, so regrettably he can and will continue his unilateral efforts whether the government is funded or not.\u00a0 We must find another way.\u201d\n\u201cRather than having \u00a0America\u2019s attention focused on a government shutdown, we can shine the spotlight on the President\u2019s egregious executive actions.\u00a0 By funding most of government for the long-term, but limiting funding to two months for the Department of Homeland Security\u2014the agency planning to implement the President\u2019s unilateral action\u2014we will be able to narrow the entire funding conversation for the new Congress to this one department.\u00a0 The House, with a willing partner in the Senate having been sworn in, can then begin to move legislation to stop this President\u2019s actions.\u00a0 With smart, targeted bills we will partner with the American people to restore Constitutional order.\u201d\n\u201cHaving a willing partner in the Senate isn\u2019t \u2018something\u2019; it is \u2018everything\u2019.\u00a0 The House passed its funding bills beginning last May; \u00a0but the Senate never passed a single funding bill all year. The American people can be certain that the new Senate sworn in this January will not repeat the current Senate\u2019s inaction.\u00a0 The House can neither run the government nor rein in the President alone.\u00a0 Help is on the way in January, and it isn\u2019t coming one day too soon.\u201d\nWoodall represents the Seventh Congressional District of Georgia, which includes the majority of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties, and currently serves as Chairman of the Republican Study Committee.\n###\nCLICK HERE to get more information about the Omnibus.", 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://woodall.house.gov/press-release/woodall-statement-house-passed-government-funding-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.430146861821413, "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"}