{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases/speaking-house-floor-magaziner-opposes-republicans-default-america-plan-hurt", "Speaking from the House Floor, Magaziner Opposes Republicans\u2019 \u201cDefault on America\u201d  Plan to Hurt RI Seniors", "2023-04-26", "2023", "2023-04", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Seth Magaziner", "M001223", "magaziner.house.gov", "magaziner", "https://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House Floor to oppose Republicans\u2019 extreme \u201cDefault on America\u201d plan that will hurt Rhode Island seniors.\n\n\u201cLed by the most extreme elements of his conference, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has put forward a MAGA Republican ransom note: either we go along with the Republicans\u2019 plan to hurt seniors, or they will blow up the entire U.S. economy,\u201d said Rep. Magaziner.\n\nHouse Republicans\u2019 bill would:\n\nForce the Social Security Administration to close offices and cut staff, causing longer wait times for 253,000 RI seniors and people with disabilities to process claims.\n\nCut off more than 1 million seniors\u2019 access to food & nutrition services, like Meals on Wheels.\n\nPut 100,000 seniors at risk of homelessness..\n\nBlock Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from completing 38% of the required health and safety recertification surveys of nursing homes and home health agencies, putting seniors at greater risk of unsafe conditions.\n\nReduce funding for the Employment and Training Administration, causing 10,000 seniors in the program to lose their jobs.\n\n\u201cWe won\u2019t stand for it. I\u2019ll fight this \u2018Default on America\u2019 with everything I\u2019ve got,\u201d Rep. Magaziner stated.\n\nWatch Rep. Magaziner\u2019s full floor speech HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:44:29Z"]], "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://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases/speaking-house-floor-magaziner-opposes-republicans-default-america-plan-hurt"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.010057982057333, "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"}