{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3544", "Rep. Estes Reacts to New 40-year High Inflation", "2022-07-13", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Ron Estes", "E000298", "estes.house.gov", "estes", "https://estes.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement on today's Consumer Price Index.\n\n\"Inflation is at a devastating new 40-year high \u2013 crushing our economy and causing long-term damage to families and small businesses,\" said Rep. Estes. \"While year-over-year inflation at 9.1% is bad, it's really even worse since Biden took office. Under total Democrat control in Washington, rising prices are actually up 12.6% and still accelerating. The Biden agenda has been a disaster for Kansas families and is not what we need for a strong America.\"\n\nToday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June Consumer Price Index reporting consumer prices are 9.1% higher than the previous year, and showing real wages have dropped nearly 4.8% since President Biden took office.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "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=3544"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9809981565922499, "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"}