{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adriansmith.house.gov/press-release/smith-tax-reform-bill-passing-committee", "Smith on Tax Reform Bill Passing Committee", "2017-11-09", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Adrian Smith", "S001172", "adriansmith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Smith joined Neil Cavuto on Fox Business yesterday to discuss the status of tax reform.Click here to watch the interview.\nCongressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement today after the Ways and Means Committee passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to reform America\u2019s outdated and overly complicated tax code.\n\t\u201cFollowing a week-long markup, in which we openly debated the details of this bill, I am glad to see us take the next step toward meaningful tax reform by passing it out of Committee,\u201d Smith said. \u201cSimplifying 70,000 pages of tax law is no easy task, but Americans are depending on us to get this done.\u00a0 \n\u201cWe made important updates to the bill this week, including provisions which will provide greater relief to farmers and small businesses. This is why we engage in the process \u2013 and why we should not shy away from it.\u00a0 \n\u201cWe anticipate a vote by the full House to quickly follow, and I will continue to work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to deliver the tax relief we\u2019ve promised.\u201d\n\tClick here for Smith\u2019s statement when the bill was introduced last week.\n\tSmith is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy.", 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": ["https://adriansmith.house.gov/press-release/smith-tax-reform-bill-passing-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.238249009475112, "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"}