{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neal.house.gov/press-releases/neal-statement-becoming-chairman-designate-ways-means-committee", "Neal Statement on Becoming Chairman-Designate of the Ways...", "2018-12-20", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Neal Statement on Becoming Chairman-Designate of the Ways & Means Committee \n      \n    \n  \n      \n          \n        \n        \n  \n    \n                 Neal Statement on Becoming Chairman-Designate of the Ways & Means Committee \n                        \n  \n                \n    \n      \n  \n    \n  \n      \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n\n  \n      \n  \n  \n    WASHINGTON, DC  Today, Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after becoming Chairman-Designate of the House Committee on Ways & Means:\n\nI am grateful to my colleagues for trusting me with this responsibility. Taking on this new role is a true honor, one that I take extremely seriously and have worked toward throughout my time in Congress.\n\nWe must use our majority on the Ways & Means Committee to advance policies that put American families first. I will continue my fight for tax policies that are fair to working families and small businesses. I will work with my colleagues to develop innovative solutions to rebuild our infrastructure needs. And as I have throughout my career, I will oppose efforts to privatize Social Security and slash Medicare and will propose new ways for Americans to save for retirement and access affordable health care. I look forward to helping lead Democrats' efforts to increase opportunity for the American people and restore the integrity of the federal government.\n\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/press-releases/neal-statement-becoming-chairman-designate-ways-means-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7461770437657833, "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"}