{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/rep-brooks-receives-tax-fighter-award-ntlc", "Rep. Brooks Receives Tax Fighter Award from NTLC", "2016-09-16", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Mo Brooks", "B001274", "brooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014\u00a0 During an awards ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, Congressman Brooks (AL-05) was presented with the Tax Fighter Award from the National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC) for his support of legislation aimed at simplifying our tax code and providing tax relief for Americans.\nNTLC President Lewis K. Uhler presented the award to Congressman Brooks in Washington, saying, \u201cRepresentative Brooks\u2019 votes on tax and spending issues in the 114th Congress earned him an \u2018A\u2019 grade and the Tax Fighter Award.\u00a0 Representative Brooks has been a leader in the battle on behalf of taxpayers to kill the hated death tax, reduce tax rates and the complexity of the tax code, to provide incentives for private savings, investment and job creation, to control the growth of federal spending and to force Congress to act on major, economic growth-inducing tax reform.\u00a0 Representative Brooks has been a major asset to taxpayers all across America during his congressional service.\u00a0 He has had the courage to challenge the orthodoxy of Washington special interests.\u00a0 His leadership is vital to America\u2019s future,\u201d concluded Uhler. \u00a0\nCongressman Brooks said, \u201cIt is an honor to receive the Tax Fighter Award from the National Tax Limitation Committee for my work in the 114th Congress.\u00a0 I remain committed to supporting tax policies that spur economic growth and limit federal government spending and regulation, thereby allowing taxpayers to keep more of their hard-earned money.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\nRep. Brooks accepts Tax Fighter Award\nfrom NTLC President Lewis K. Uhler.\n\u00a0\nA high-resolution photo from the event is available HERE.\n\u00a0\nBackground: Since 1975 the National Tax Limitation Committee, a 501(c)(4) grass roots taxpayer activist organization, has worked to limit taxes and spending and to reduce the size and scope of government at all levels.\u00a0 NTLC has led the national movement for constitutional tax and spending limits at the state and federal levels. \u00a0NTLC publishes a congressional scorecard at the conclusion of each Congress, as it has for more than thirty years.\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": ["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/rep-brooks-receives-tax-fighter-award-ntlc"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8615101687610149, "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"}