{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rose-rips-democrats-tax-and-spend-agenda", "Rose Rips Democrats\u2019 Tax-and-Spend Agenda", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "John W. Rose", "R000612", "johnrose.house.gov", "johnrose", "https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014On Tuesday November 16th, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-6) delivered a House Floor speech outlining concerns with the Biden administration's radical tax-and-spend agenda, which will result in increased federal spending and higher taxes for Tennesseans and their families.\n\nThe full speech, as prepared for delivery, is below:\n\nMadame Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks.\n\nToday, I stand here\u2014in the People's House\u2014entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring taxpayers' hard-earned dollars are spent appropriately and with the proper oversight in place.\n\nYet, this week, House Democrats are pushing to ram through their fatally flawed, partisan multi-trillion-dollar tax -and-spend package, which uses taxpayer dollars and billions of dollars in borrowed money to fund their ultra-liberal domestic spending priorities.\n\nThe gigantic $3.5 trillion bill was cut down to $1.75 trillion\u2026 which is still A LOT.\n\nWhat's in the $1.75 trillion tax and spend spree?\n\n-Amnesty for illegal immigrants.\n\n-Billions for \"Tree Equity.\"\n\n-Tax hikes on job creators and working Americans.\n\n-Universal child care.\n\nAnd it doesn't end there.\n\nThe Democrats' package leaves out funding for the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.\n\nDemocrats have gone so far as to break over 40 years of tradition by stripping the Hyde Amendment\u2014a longstanding, bipartisan provision that prevents taxpayer dollars from being used to fund abortions\u2014from their package.\n\nDemocrats' tax and spend spree will only defraud the American taxpayer through wasteful spending and stick middle-class families with higher taxes and lower wages.\n\nMy point is simple: I will advocate against controversial policies and proposed spending levels that short-change our national defense and irresponsibly provide huge increases to domestic spending.\n\nThe American people expect us to work out an agreement\u2014it's our job. So, let's work collectively on a deal.\n\nI yield back.\n\nTo watch the full speech, click here.\n\nU.S. Representative John Rose is currently serving his second term representing Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District and resides in Cookeville with his wife, Chelsea, and their two sons, Guy and Sam. The Sixth District includes Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, White, and Wilson counties as well as portions of Cheatham and Van Buren counties. Representative Rose is an eighth-generation farmer, small business owner, and attorney, and currently serves on the Financial Services Committee.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rose-rips-democrats-tax-and-spend-agenda"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9491920247673988, "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"}