{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-doggett-speaks-out-against-surprise-amendment-ways-means-republicans", "Rep. Doggett Speaks Out Against Surprise Amendment by Ways & Means Republicans", "2017-11-06", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Lloyd Doggett", "D000399", "doggett.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This evening, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke out against a surprise move by Ways and Means Republicans, who dropped a far-reaching 33-page amendment to a 400-plus page bill that itself only was made public on Thursday. This is not worthy of this Committee\u2019s important work, and has lobbyist fingerprints all over it: Rep. Doggett responded as captured in this video.\n\u00a0\nYou may view an earlier speech given by Rep. Doggett here.\nYou may view Rep. Doggett\u2019s full speech on his Motion to Postpone amendment, introduced earlier, here.\nYou may view Rep. Doggett\u2019s statement issued after the release of the \u201cParadise Papers\u201d here.\nThe House Republican tax bill was belatedly revealed on Thursday, November 2, and mark-up of the bill began today. There have been no public hearings on H.R. 1 specifically. On Sunday, November 5, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the \u201cParadise Papers\u201d and announced a global investigation of offshore tax avoidance activities by politicians, world leaders, and multinational corporations.\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/rep-doggett-speaks-out-against-surprise-amendment-ways-means-republicans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.260699963197112, "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"}