{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gonzalez-applauds-new-medicare-drug-pricing-rule-aimed-lowering", "Congressman Gonzalez Applauds New Medicare Drug Pricing Rule Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices", "2018-12-04", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Vicente Gonzalez", "G000581", "gonzalez.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued aproposed rulethat lowers prescription drug costs and increases transparency surrounding Medicare Parts C and D.\nIn May 2018, Congressmen Gonzalez and Doug Collins (GA-09) introduced the bipartisan H.R. 5958,the PHAIR Pricing Act of 2018, to lower drug costs to Medicare recipients at the point of sale. The new rule includes language from this bill.\nMedicare recipients deserve transparency,Congressman Gonzalez said.Prescription drug prices should not be decided behind acurtain and the final cost should not be equal to almost 50 percent above the negotiated price. The road to fixing the America's prescription drug market may be long, but I commend the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fortaking this important step.\nCongressman Gonzalez haspledgedto make it his mission in Congress to make affordable, accessible healthcare and prescription drugs readily available to Central and South Texans.\n\n# # #", 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://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gonzalez-applauds-new-medicare-drug-pricing-rule-aimed-lowering"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6457438468933105, "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"}