{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=E880D6A5-606A-47FE-9A51-A70AE6EAFE6C", "Whip Clark to the GOP: \u201cLet\u2019s Stop the Health Care Cuts\u201d", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to condemn Republicans for voting to hike everyday costs after returning from their 54-day vacation. Below is a transcript of her remarks:\n\n\"Donald Trump said the cost-of-living crisis is fake news \u2014 'a con job by the Democrats.'\n\n\"Mr. Speaker, 60% of Americans can\u2019t afford a basic quality of life. 45% have had to skip a doctor\u2019s appointment or a prescription. 41% are living with medical debt.\n\n\"The American people are simply not making it.\n\n\"Not only is that crisis real. It is a crisis Republicans that promised to solve. Voters believed them.\n\n\"And now, after a 54-day hiatus, what are Republicans doing? They\u2019re voting to raise the cost of living. They\u2019re voting to make it even harder to get by. Not by some marginal amount \u2014 they are doubling, tripling, and quadrupling monthly premiums.\n\n\"And what\u2019s the defense? They are looking people in the eye and flat-out gaslighting them: 'Costs aren\u2019t up. Costs are down!'\n\n\"Trump says: 'I don\u2019t want to hear about the affordability.' Well get used to hearing about it! You\u2019re going to hear about it a lot \u2014 because people are feeling it every single day.\n\n\"People can\u2019t make rent. They can\u2019t afford their prescriptions. They can\u2019t afford to take their kid to a doctor. They can\u2019t find child care \u2014 and when they find it, they can't afford that either. Grocery and utility bills are spiking.\n\n\"This is the crisis of our time. And it\u2019s about to get exponentially worse because of the GOP\u2019s craven allegiance to billionaires over working people.\n\n\"The cost-of-living crisis is not 'fake news.' It's not a 'perception issue.' It is daily life for the people we all represent. So let\u2019s do something about it. Let\u2019s reject this budget. Let\u2019s stop the health care cuts. Let\u2019s stop the premium hikes. Let\u2019s stop the hospital closures. And let\u2019s stop the billionaire giveaways.\"\n\nTo watch the full speech, click HERE.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=E880D6A5-606A-47FE-9A51-A70AE6EAFE6C"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4352002181112766, "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"}