{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rose-speaks-out-against-multi-trillion-dollar-build-back-better-act-and-cash", "Rose Speaks Out Against the Multi-Trillion Dollar \u201cBuild Back Better Act\u201d and Cash Handouts", "2021-11-18", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "John W. Rose", "R000612", "johnrose.house.gov", "johnrose", "https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Last night, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-6) delivered a speech on the Floor of the House of Representatives speaking out against the so-called \"Build Back Better Act\" and calling for an end to big government cash handouts. The speech comes as skyrocketing inflation continues to cost Tennesseans at the pump, at the grocery store, and in their monthly bills.\n\nFull Remarks:\n\nThis week, President Biden signed into law the one trillion dollar \"Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act,\" which focuses more on pushing Democrats' far-left socialist policies than on America's crumbling infrastructure needs.\n\nThe signing of this bill comes on the heels of Democrats' reckless taxing-and-spending spree and senseless policies that have created an economic crisis of monumental proportions.\n\nAs the Biden administration takes a victory lap, the American people are in no mood to celebrate.\n\nInflation is at a 30-year high, as prices on almost everything are more now than at this same time last year.\n\nGas is up 49%.\n\nBeef is up 20%.\n\nHome heating bills are up 28.1%.\n\nUnder the Biden administration, working families are getting crushed.\n\nIncreased costs at the grocery store and the gas pump, and higher home heating bills are squeezing Americans dry.\n\nSkyrocketing inflation is driving down real wages for hardworking middle-class families and forcing those living on fixed budgets to make ends meet with fewer dollars.\n\nInstead of addressing the root cause of inflation\u2014which for the record is largely caused by out-of-control government spending\u2014House Democrats are continuing to push their sweeping 1.75 trillion dollar Build Back Better Act.\n\nThis package would once again hand out cash to households and create new paid leave benefits with no expectation of work. However, an engaged workforce is key to invigorating economic recovery and slowing inflation.\n\nMake no mistake: Wasteful and increased spending by Democrats, much of which is being funded by even more borrowed money, won't slow inflation\u2014it will supercharge it.\n\nI strongly urge President Biden and Democrats in Congress to reconsider the devasting economic consequences they are proposing.\n\nThank you. I 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-speaks-out-against-multi-trillion-dollar-build-back-better-act-and-cash"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.707254908978939, "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"}