{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-votes-historic-inflation-reduction-act-lower", "Congressman Johnson Votes for Historic Inflation Reduction Act to Lower Georgians\u2019 Costs", "2022-08-12", "2022", "2022-08", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Henry C. \"Hank\" Johnson, Jr.", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", "hankjohnson", "https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to send historic, inflation-fighting legislation to the President's desk. The Inflation Reduction Act will deliver landmark investments to lower Georgia families' kitchen table costs, create nine million good-paying union jobs, combat the climate crisis and dramatically reduce the deficit.\n\n\"Today, I proudly voted to fight inflation, slash Georgians' kitchen table costs, create good-paying jobs and deliver the largest climate investment in our nation's history,\" said Rep. Johnson.\n\n\"The Inflation Reduction Act is an historic victory for Georgia families and for our planet: delivering the investments we need to keep down health care costs, reinvigorate American manufacturing and drive our transition to a clean energy economy. Importantly, this legislation is fully paid-for by ensuring that corporations can't dodge their taxes \u2013 ensuring that not one middle class Georgian or small business pays a cent more in taxes. This legislation is a monumental step forward in House Democrats' fight to build a fairer, cleaner economy, and we remain laser-focused on putting People Over Politics: lowering costs, creating better-paying jobs and building safer communities for all.\"\n\nThis legislation will bring down costs for working Georgians while building a cleaner economic future across the country, taking action to:\n\n\u2022 Lower prescription drug prices: empowering Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, preventing excessive price hikes and capping seniors' out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000.\n\n\u2022 Lower health care costs: reducing 400,000 Georgians' premium costs by extending ACA subsidies for three more years, locking in average annual savings of $800 per person.\n\n\u2022 Lower energy costs: saving Georgia families an average of $1000 per year on their energy bills.\n\n\u2022 Lower the deficit and help fight inflation: making an historic down payment on deficit reduction of approximately $300 billion.\n\n\u2022 Deliver America's largest-ever climate investment: supporting domestic energy production, creating nine million good-paying union jobs and reducing carbon pollution by roughly 40 percent this decade.\n\nAccording to 126 leading economists \u2013 including seven Nobel Prize winners, three former chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers, two former Treasury Secretaries \u2013 the Inflation Reduction Act \"will fight inflation and lower costs for American families while setting the stage for strong, stable, and broadly-shared long-term economic growth.\"\n\nThe Inflation Reduction Act also honors Democrats' promise: no new taxes on families making $400,000 or less and no new taxes on small businesses. This legislation is fully paid-for by ensuring that large corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share:\n\n\u2022 Strengthening IRS enforcement against wealthy tax cheats.\n\n\u2022 Closing tax loopholes exploited by the wealthiest few.\n\n\u2022 Implementing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax on billion-dollar companies and a 1 percent tax on corporate stock buybacks.\n\nAn overwhelming majority of the American public supports the Inflation Reduction Act's key health care, climate and inflation-fighting measures. Data for Progress found that 73 percent of voters back the Inflation Reduction Act, including 95 percent of Democrats, nearly three-quarters of Independents, and more than half of Republicans. This legislation also enjoys broad support from a wide range of advocacy organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of Conservation Voters, AARP, UnidosUS, Small Business Majority, Protect Our Care and U.S. Conference of Mayors.", 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://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-votes-historic-inflation-reduction-act-lower"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.666695112362504, "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"}