{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-votes-against-misleading-inflation-reduction-act", "Guest Votes Against the Misleading \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d", "2022-08-12", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Michael Guest", "G000591", "guest.house.gov", "guest", "https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Click Here to View Speech\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) voted against H.R.5376, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Guest said that Americans have suffered enough under the current economic crisis and outlined many of the concerns that constituents have with the legislation.\n\n\u201cThe American people are tired of this economic crisis, and they have been clear: do not raise taxes, do not add to the recession with more wasteful spending, do not weaponize the IRS, and DO NOT vote for this legislation. This Congress must listen to the American people and vote against this bill,\u201d Guest said.\n\nThe bill passed the House of Representatives along party lines in a 220-207 vote.\n\nA transcript of Congressman Guest\u2019s speech can be found below:\n\nThank you, Mr. Speaker.\n\nI rise in strong opposition to this destructive piece of legislation. Every day, I hear from Mississippians who struggle to buy gas and groceries because of the inflation crisis fueled by the Left\u2019s reckless spending.\n\nNow, instead of acknowledging the impact their out-of-control spending policies have had on Americans, my colleagues across the aisle are trying to pass legislation that will increase taxes on Americans, spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on far-left priorities that will fuel inflation, and pass legislation that will add an army of IRS agents.\n\nIt\u2019s time to acknowledge that the American people are suffering because of legislation exactly like this bill.\n\nThe American people are tired of this economic crisis, and they have been clear: do not raise taxes, do not add to the recession with more wasteful spending, do not weaponize the IRS, and DO NOT vote for this legislation. This Congress must listen to the American people and vote against this bill.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Inflation Reduction Act passed the Senate last week on a party line vote 51-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.\n\nIncluded in the bill is $80 billion in new funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that would enable the agency to hire more than 87,000 new IRS agents. The funding included in the bill is six times the IRS\u2019s current annual budget.\n\nAlso included in the bill are tax increases on oil and natural gas companies and costly fees applied to new leasing for oil and natural gas expansion, which could raise the cost of energy. While hindering oil and gas expansion, the legislation creates a $250 billion loan program for risky \u201cgreen energy\u201d projects. This move has been likened to the Obama-era Solyndra scandal.\n\nThe bill also increases taxes on Americans across income levels. The Joint Committee on Taxation \u2014 a nonpartisan Congressional committee that studies the impact of tax policies \u2014 has indicated that the increase in taxes would be felt by every income level, even those making less than $10,000 a year. Low- and middle-income Americans would pay billions of dollars more in taxes next year if the legislation becomes law, according to their study.\n\nCongressman Michael Guest represents Mississippi's Third Congressional District. Currently serving his second term, Congressman Guest serves as the Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, as a Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and as a Member of the Committee on Ethics.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-votes-against-misleading-inflation-reduction-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.807459931820631, "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"}