{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10517", "Carter: Washington Democrats just threw fuel on the fire of inflation", "2022-08-12", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA) gave the following statement today after House Democrats passed the Inflation Acceleration Act, sending it to President Biden\u2019s desk:\n\n\u201cWashington Democrats can add \u2018arsonist\u2019 to their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s today, having unleashed a wildfire on the American peoples\u2019 hard-earned taxpayer dollars. This bill spends billions on Green New Deal policies, weaponizes the IRS, spikes taxes for working-class Americans, pours fuel on the fire of inflation, and will lead to dozens, if not hundreds, of fewer cures coming to market over the next decade,\u201d said Carter. \u201cMedical professionals swear to \u2018do no harm.\u2019 It is time Congress took the same oath and quit its assault on patients and taxpayers.\u201d\n\nRep. Carter attempted to include two amendments in the Inflation Acceleration Act that were rejected by the Democratic Members on the Rules Committee. The amendments would have:\n\nStruck the portion of the Environmental Justice block grants in section 60201(b)(2)(E) that is dedicated to federal and state lobbying and rulemaking by community groups.\n\nRestored the full rebate pass-through and forced Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to pass every last penny of rebates to the patient instead of letting PBMs steal those dollars to pad their own pockets.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10517"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9369309991598129, "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"}