{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-doggett-republican-indifference-endangering-children", "Rep. Doggett: Republican Indifference Endangering Children", "2017-11-03", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Lloyd Doggett", "D000399", "doggett.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways &amp; Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which Republicans let expire at the end of September. Rep. Doggett said:\n\u201cThe Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program began as a truly bipartisan initiative, but now it is overwhelmed by Republican indifference, endangering children. So low is it on their priority list that they let the law expire\u2026 400,000 Texas children are at risk if this program is not be continued. In the face of this crisis, their response is \u2013 we won\u2019t put another new dollar in this program unless we take it from Medicare beneficiaries.\u201d\nYou can watch Rep. Doggett\u2019s full remarks here.\n###\nFollow Lloyd Doggett\nFacebook: www.Facebook.com/RepLloydDoggett |Twitter: @RepLloydDoggett | Instagram: @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/rep-doggett-republican-indifference-endangering-children"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2153389398008585, "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"}