{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3183", "Rep. Estes Addresses Potential IRS Weaponization", "2021-09-29", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Ron Estes", "E000298", "estes.house.gov", "estes", "https://estes.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) discussed the concerning provision within Democrat\u2019s $4.3 trillion budget bill that would give the IRS the extraordinary authority to access personal bank accounts with $600 or more. Rep. Estes was joined with other members of the Ways and Means Committee and industry experts.\n\n\u201cThe reality is that there\u2019s already distrust of the IRS, as we\u2019ve seen the agency target political opponents and mishandle thousands of tax returns that were somehow leaked to media\u201d said Rep. Estes. \u201cAmericans don\u2019t want big brother spying on their bank accounts and tracking their payments and spending just so that Democrats can take more money to Washington for pet projects and special interest groups.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Rep. Estes' remarks.\n\nRep. Estes cosponsored the Tax Gap Reform and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Enforcement Act \u2013 legislation from the Ways and Means Republicans that fights against the weaponization of the IRS.", 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://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3183"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6165859997272491, "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"}