{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=74547E47-E711-4479-AA20-DA3F0AD76FFD", "Rep. Scott DesJarlais Votes No on Fiscally Irresponsible House Agriculture Committee Budget Reconciliation Bill", "2021-09-13", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Scott DesJarlais", "D000616", "desjarlais.house.gov", "desjarlais", "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center", "scraper", "(MURFREESBORO, TN) \u2013Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) voted no on the House Agriculture Committee\u2019s passage of S. Con. Res. 14, the budget reconciliation bill for Fiscal Year 2022.\n\nDemocratic leadership pushed lawmakers to hold a hearing on S. Con. Res. 14 less than 24 hours after receiving the bill text.\n\nIn Congressman DesJarlais\u2019 opening statement on Friday, September 10, 2021, he expressed disdain for Democrats\u2019 handling of the writing of the $66 BILLION bill with plans to add an additional $28 BILLION.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, the reconciliation process has been anything but thoughtful or collaborative. There has been no stakeholder involvement or discourse with constituents on this tremendous amount of money included in the bill\u2014at a time when spending is truly out of control,\u201d said the Tennessee congressman.\n\nDesJarlais offered Amendment 27 during Friday\u2019s hearing that would cut overall spending in the bill by two-thirds.\n\n\u201cThis is the fiscally responsible thing to do when leadership jams us with an expensive incomplete bill that had zero stakeholder involvement. It is shameful that this committee would pass this partisan legislation crafted behind closed doors in a rushed and irregular process and without an understanding of the payfors,\u201d said Rep. DesJarlais.\n\nCongressman DesJarlais noted that many of his constituents are worried about the potential negative economic impacts the bill carries.\n\n\u201cMy constituents are terrified of potential tax implications the broader reconciliation package needed to pay for this monstrosity of a spending bill,\u201d he said.\n\nAfter nine hours of debate, the hearing adjourned right before voting on the bill\u2019s passage from the House Agriculture Committee. Lawmakers were brought back on Monday just to vote on the legislation.\n\n\u201cIt is shameful that the majority party gave less than 24 hours to read the bill before beginning markups in the committee hearing. Then right before it was time to vote we adjourned. Why? Most likely because the committee didn\u2019t have enough votes from their own party. It\u2019s a disgrace,\u201d said Congressman DesJarlais.\n\nThe 2022 Budget Reconciliation bill passed the House Agriculture Committee and will now head to the House floor for a vote before final passage.\n\n###\n\nVideo of Congressman Scott DesJarlais\u2019 opening remarks can be found here.\n\nVideo of Congressman Scott DesJarlais speaking on Amendment 27 can be found here.\n\nVideo of the full Friday, September 10, 2021, House Agriculture Committee Hearing can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=74547E47-E711-4479-AA20-DA3F0AD76FFD"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7303829770535231, "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"}