{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases/murphy-takes-action-block-aggressive-irs-monitoring-scheme", "Murphy Takes Action to Block Aggressive IRS Monitoring Scheme", "2021-10-20", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Gregory F. Murphy", "M001210", "murphy.house.gov", "murphy", "https://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) co-sponsored H.R. 5586 \u2013 the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act to block the implementation of a new unconstitutional surveillance scheme from Washington Democrats that would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to monitor private bank account transactions that exceed $600. The legislation does not apply to an existing law that requires banks to report any transactions over $10,000 to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.\n\nRep. Murphy released the following statement:\n\n\"I have been hearing from constituents across Eastern North Carolina who are outraged about the Biden Administration's attempt to give the IRS the power to monitor private bank transactions above $600,\" said Murphy. \"This egregious invasion of privacy makes the taxpayer guilty until proven innocent, and I will not stand by as this Administration tries to impose a broad, unconstitutional surveillance scheme on the American people. I am proud to support the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act to protect taxpayers from intrusive monitoring and put a stop to unlawful government overreach.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases/murphy-takes-action-block-aggressive-irs-monitoring-scheme"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.050114097073674, "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"}