{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/republican-bill-full-secrets-and-corporate-giveaways", "Republican Bill Full of Secrets and Corporate Giveaways", "2017-11-09", "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, questioned Chairman Brady during the Republican Tax Bill (H.R. 1) mark-up on the secrecy of a new manager\u2019s amendment that would alter the bill. You may view Rep. Doggett\u2019s full speech here. A portion of Rep. Doggett remarks are as follows:\n\u201cHere we are on the fourth day of hearings, and every single Democratic amendment has been rejected, with absolutely amazing circus-level contortions by some of our Republican friends explaining why they are voting against something their constituents support. \u00a0\n\u201cThe only thing that has changed the cost of this bill is an amendment the Republican Chairman has offered, and it added a big gift to multinational corporations. Now it exceeds the budget limit, and that\u2019s the purported excuse for needing to have another manager\u2019s amendment \u2013 to correct what we were not told the first one did.\n\u201cIf we withdrew every single one of our amendments that you will vote against anyway, are you ready to present us your manager\u2019s amendment and tell us what secrets you\u2019re hiding there?\n\u201cWould we have an opportunity to see your secret proposal that you\u2019ve worked out here in the backrooms with the Washington special interests that won out with your amendment #1, with the big giveaway to corporate America and multinational offshoring?\n\u201cI assume you\u2019re still not ready to present the manager\u2019s amendment to correct the fiscal irresponsibility of the first giveaway to corporate America.\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/republican-bill-full-secrets-and-corporate-giveaways"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8709370158612728, "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"}