{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gray.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gray-leads-central-valley-lawmakers-push-vote-aca-tax-credits", "REP. GRAY LEADS CENTRAL VALLEY LAWMAKERS TO PUSH FOR VOTE ON ACA TAX CREDITS", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Adam Gray", "G000605", "gray.house.gov", "gray", "https://gray.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today, Representative Adam Gray (CA-13) led San Joaquin Valley lawmakers in sending a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson urging House leadership to keep the House in session until a vote is held on a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act\u2019s enhanced premium tax credits.\n\n\u201cWith these tax credits set to expire at the end of this month, millions of Americans are facing a sudden and devastating increase in health care costs,\u201d the Members write.\n\n\u201cThis vote would avert a needless disaster by enacting a three-year extension of the tax credits and buying Congress time to come to a sustainable, bipartisan, long-term solution to rising premiums.\u201d\n\nThe lawmakers warned that failing to act before the December recess would have serious consequences. \u201cIt is unconscionable that the House would break for December recess without addressing this crisis,\u201d the letter states.\n\nIf the enhanced premium tax credits expire, an estimated 22 million Americans including 5 million small-business owners could see their premiums more than double, and up to 2.2 million people could lose health coverage altogether beginning in 2026.\n\nThe impact would be especially severe in California\u2019s Central Valley. Nearly 85,000 residents would face higher health care costs, and an estimated 172,000 people could lose coverage entirely, driven largely by cuts to Medicaid, known in California as Medi-Cal.\n\nThe letter also notes that 218 bipartisan Members of Congress have already signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the extension and that sufficient legislative days remain to act before coverage losses begin on January 1, 2026.\n\nEarlier this year, Representative Gray introduced the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025, legislation to restore Medicaid funding and permanently extend the ACA\u2019s enhanced premium tax credits.\n\nThe letter was signed by Representatives Adam Gray (CA-13), Josh Harder (CA-09), and Jim Costa (CA-21).\n\nRead the full text of the letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-17T05:47:03Z", "2026-04-17T05:48:33Z"]], "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://gray.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gray-leads-central-valley-lawmakers-push-vote-aca-tax-credits"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0965829715132713, "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"}