{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/common-sense-solutions-to-build-an-opportunity-economy-in-america/", "Common Sense Solutions To Build An Opportunity Economy In America", "2016-09-27", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Lynn Jenkins", "J000290", "lynnjenkins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "At the weekly Republican Leadership Press Conference, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) spoke about how the better way agenda will help build a fairer, flatter, simpler tax code.\r\n\r\n\tCLICK HERE To Watch the Congresswoman\u2019s Remarks\r\n\r\n\r\n\tThe following are Congresswoman Jenkins\u2019 remarksas prepared for delivery:\r\n\r\n\t\u201cBefore I was elected to Congress, I spent a couple of decades practicing as a CPA in the tax area. Since the Reagan reforms of the 1980\u2019s, our tax code has grown exponentially, becoming more complex, unreasonably obscure and far too difficult to understand.\u00a0 It appears even the IRS can\u2019t figure it out as they\u2019ve paid out over $150 billion in fraudulent tax credits.\u00a0 That\u2019s your hard earned tax dollars being sent to someone else who is committing tax fraud.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cOur better way proposals seek to solve many of the problems within the current tax code.\u00a0 It simplifies the tax laws \u2013 taking numerous tax brackets down to 3. It is fair \u2013 by eliminating things like the marriage penalty. It will make America more competitive in the world by incentivizing US companies to expand here and abroad. \u00a0And it will rein in an out of control IRS and significantly reduce the stress and dread that Americans face during tax season.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cTaxes may be a necessary burden, but that doesn't mean the federal government should make it worse. Our better way agenda will build an opportunity economy in America based these common sense solutions.\u201d\r\n\r\n\t# # #", 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://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/common-sense-solutions-to-build-an-opportunity-economy-in-america/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6063181683421135, "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"}