{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neal.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/neal-joins-house-leaders-highlight-detrimental-impact-gop-tax-bill-would", "Neal Joins House Leaders to Highlight Detrimental Impact...", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal joined House Democrats, teachers, and healthcare workers Thursday for a press conference highlighting the negative effects the GOP tax bill would have on the island of Puerto Rico.\nThe GOP tax bills would place a 20 percent excise tax on goods and services that flow between American businesses with operations in Puerto Rico and the United States, resulting in tens of thousands of individuals out of work at a time when the island is trying to rebuild.\n\u201cMany times now, I\u2019ve called this legislation a missed opportunity,\u201d said Representative Neal. \u201cIt\u2019s a missed opportunity in that the tax bill was a chance for Congress to help Puerto Rico get on solid economic footing. Instead, it\u2019s clear that very little attention was paid to the unique circumstances U.S. territories face. Puerto Rico has just suffered terrible devastation \u2013 folks there are still in the process of rebuilding and putting the pieces of their lives back together after Hurricane Maria. The last thing they need is to get hit again. The pain that Republicans\u2019 tax bill will cause the people of Puerto Rico \u2013 who have already endured so much \u2013 is yet another reason why Congress should reject this legislation.\u201d\nNeal is a lead democratic negotiator on the GOP Tax Bill Conference Committee.\u00a0\nThe full press conference can be watched here.\n\u00a0\n##", 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://neal.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/neal-joins-house-leaders-highlight-detrimental-impact-gop-tax-bill-would"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8158659804612398, "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"}