{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reject-republican-tax-scam-say-no-alzheimer-s-tax-1", "Reject Republican Tax Scam, Say No to the Alzheimers Tax", "2017-11-15", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Lloyd Doggett", "D000399", "doggett.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke three times on the House Floor against the House Republican tax bill (H.R. 1). Excerpts of Rep. Doggett\u2019s remarks are as follows, with links to his full speeches:\nRep. Doggett: \u201cOne Minute Longer Than All Hearings on Republican Tax Scam\u201d:\n\u201cOne minute\u2014only one minute?\u00a0 Well one minute is longer than all of the hearings held by Republicans on this sham of a tax bill \u2013 so broad in impact, yet so shallow in analysis. One minute \u2013 that is more time than any Trump Administration official had the courage to face our committee to be questioned about this lousy proposal.\u00a0\n\u201cOne minute\u2014 more time than all the businesses and economists to evaluate these far-reaching corporate giveaways. Why should a tax bill that\u2019s so broad get less hearing time that it takes to microwave popcorn? Haste does make waste. This tax plan, borne in the shadows, and rammed through committee and the House, will lay waste to family budgets, lay waste to affordable health care, and undermine national debt. The tax scam must be rejected.\u00a0If we speak out and remain firm in our resolve, we will defeat this sham of a bill.\u201d\nRep. Doggett on the Republican Tax Bill\u2019s \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s Tax\u201d:\n\u201cThis wretched Republican tax bill threatens the health of millions. It is amazing that on this Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month, they celebrate by imposing a new \u2018Alzheimer\u2019s tax.\u2019\u00a0Families paying thousands of dollars to care for a loved one would lose the right they have today to deduct those huge expenses, and it\u2019s not just a tax on Alzheimer\u2019s but on any substantial health care expense.\u00a0As if that weren\u2019t bad enough, in the Senate bill, they pursue their fanatical zeal to destroy Obamacare, and yet again would remove one of the key pillars that would lead to denying coverage for those with pre-existing conditions because their premiums will soar. It will mean millions of Americans will lose health care coverage. Protect your health. Reject this sorry Republican tax bill.\u201d\nRep. Doggett on Rejecting the Republican Tax Scheme & Protecting Health Care Access: \n\u201cIt was not only the courageous votes of John McCain, Susan Collins, and other Members in the Senate who stopped this wretched health care bill that passed through the House, but also that Americans kept saying: No, don\u2019t take the right that my family has to get access to a family physician. Don\u2019t take away my neighbors\u2019 or church members\u2019 right to get access to protect their family with health care. Today, we learn that the Senate tax bill is being changed to do just that. It is another assault on the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has declared that they will end forever the individual responsibility portions of the Affordable Care Act. Those are the provisions that ensure all Americans will participate, so that we have the largest risk pool and people don\u2019t sign up for coverage after they are sick and after they have a problem.\u201d\n###\nFollow Lloyd Doggett\nFacebook:\u00a0www.Facebook.com/RepLloydDoggett\u00a0|Twitter:@RepLloydDoggett\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram:@RepLloydDoggett", 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://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reject-republican-tax-scam-say-no-alzheimer-s-tax-1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.540238969027996, "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"}