{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/05/12/higgins-receives-taxpayers-friend-award-national-taxpayers-union/", "Higgins Receives \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award\u201d from the National Taxpayers Union", "2021-05-12", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) was recognized by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for having one of the strongest voting records for supporting limited government, economic freedom, and lower taxes during the 2020 Congressional session.\n\nThis year, Congressman Higgins is one of only 33 House members to have earned the \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award.\u201d NTU\u2019s rating program is designed to calculate a Member\u2019s voting record on fiscal responsibility by evaluating every vote that has an impact on tax, spending, trade, and regulatory policy utilizing a methodical weighting system. More information on the report is available here.\n\nCongressman Higgins issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m honored to receive the NTU\u2019s Taxpayers\u2019 Friend Award. It is more important than ever that we fight to restore fiscal responsibility and maintain America\u2019s economic competitiveness. Our national debt is unsustainable. Our grandchildren deserve to inherit a financially sound America, just as my generation did. Our Republic is threatened by insane spending. Some of us are willing to fight against the leviathan that would devour us.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/05/12/higgins-receives-taxpayers-friend-award-national-taxpayers-union/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0313172824680805, "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"}