{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://olszewski.house.gov/media/press-releases/olszewski-votes-against-healthcare-bill-fails-address-soaring-costs", "Olszewski Votes Against Healthcare Bill that Fails to Address Soaring Costs", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Johnny Olszewski, Jr.", "O000176", "olszewski.house.gov", "olszewski", "https://olszewski.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2014 Congressman Johnny Olszewski today called on House leadership to immediately order a vote on legislation that would extend healthcare tax credits for the 22 million Americans \u2013 including more than 1 million Marylanders \u2013 insured under the Affordable Care Act. The tax credits are otherwise set to expire December 31, triggering a staggering price increase averaging 114 percent nationwide.\n\nHis demands come after voting against H.R. 6703, legislation that not only fails to extend credits, but weakens consumer protections, allows employers to cap coverage contributions for the most at-risk Americans, and significantly reduces access to reproductive healthcare. The legislation was rushed to the floor just two days after being introduced, with no chance for bipartisan input or meaningful amendments.\n\n\u201cHealthcare costs should not crush American families,\u201d Congressman Olszewski said. \u201cWhile Republican leadership pushes empty solutions, I\u2019m taking action. I\u2019ve joined a bipartisan effort to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of ACA tax credits \u2014 a good-faith stopgap that prevents massive premium hikes and keeps millions of people insured.\u201d\n\nFour House Republicans joined Democrats today in signing a discharge petition led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, enough to reach the 218 signatures required to force a vote to extend the ACA tax credits. Under House rules, Speaker Johnson could delay the vote until next month, or opt to hold the vote sooner.\n\n\u201cAmericans cannot afford to wait while Speaker Johnson plays political roulette with their wellbeing,\u201d Congressman Olszewski said. \u201cWe are demanding that Speaker Johnson allow us to vote on this critical legislation immediately. It has the bipartisan votes to pass and provide American families with the certainty they deserve and expect.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://olszewski.house.gov/media/press-releases/olszewski-votes-against-healthcare-bill-fails-address-soaring-costs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8004219271242619, "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"}