{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-strongly-opposes-putting-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-wall-street-gambling-in-so-called-cromnibus", "Congresswoman Barbara Lee Strongly Opposes Putting Taxpayers on the Hook for Wall Street Gambling in So-Called CROmnibus", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Barbara Lee", "L000551", "lee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.11.14\n\t\t\t Congresswoman Barbara Lee Strongly Opposes Putting Taxpayers on the Hook for Wall Street Gambling in So-Called CROmnibus \n\t\t\tWashington, DC  Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee spoke in opposition to the rule that would govern the so-called CROmnibus:\r\n\r\nThis bill [H.R. 83] funds many things that I support including Ebola funding and a critical $5.67 billion for the President's plan for AIDS relief, PEPFAR.\r\n\r\nHowever, it includes provisions that I cannot support.\r\n\r\nI cannot support provisions that would roll back the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill and put taxpayers back on the hook for Wall Street gambling.\r\n\r\nProvisions within this bill would also eviscerate campaign finance laws and allow ultra-wealthy donors to increase national party donations ten-fold.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, it includes $73.7 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations [OCO] fund, which is quite frankly a slush fund and appropriates an additional $3.4 billion to fund an unauthorized war against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. More than three months after this war began, Congress has yet to have the Constitutionally-mandated debate and vote on an authorization for the use of military force [AUMF].\r\n\r\nI urge a no vote on the rule and a no vote on the bill.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nCongresswoman Lee is a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, the Steering and Policy Committee, is a Senior Democratic Whip, former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and co-chair of the Progressive Caucus. She serves as chair of the Whip's Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity.\r\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-strongly-opposes-putting-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-wall-street-gambling-in-so-called-cromnibus"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.751337967813015, "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"}