{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/comment-letter-connecticut-delegation-members-slam-trump", "In Comment Letter, Connecticut Delegation Members Slam Trump Administration\u2019s New \u201cMedical Frailty\u201d Restrictions", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "John B. Larson", "L000557", "larson.house.gov", "larson", "https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) slammed the latest health care cuts imposed by the Trump Administration.\n\nIn a letter sent last week, the Members expressed their opposition to a new rule announced last month by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services, which exceeds the law\u2019s requirements in implementing new work reporting requirements and creates an unworkable and burdensome process for patients, providers, and states. Under the new restrictions, cancer patients and patients suffering from other debilitating diseases will be required to document that the disease actually impairs their ability to work or face losing their health care coverage.\n\n\u201cThe overwhelming impact of this rule is that eligible citizens will be denied Medicaid coverage, states will expend unacceptable resources processing complex paperwork, safety-net providers will be further burdened, and population health will decline,\u201d the Members wrote.\n\nThe letter was submitted under a comment period for the rule, which is set to take effect on January 1st, 2027. Read the full letter text here.", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "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://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/comment-letter-connecticut-delegation-members-slam-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4717308804392815, "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"}