{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-further-debt-ceiling-extension-democrats-cant-accept-any-limit", "Palmer on Further Debt Ceiling Extension: \u201cDemocrats Can\u2019t Accept Any Limit on Wasteful Spending\u201d", "2021-12-15", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Gary J. Palmer", "P000609", "palmer.house.gov", "palmer", "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "For Immediate Release\n\nMedia Contact: Elizabeth Hance (202) 225-4921\n\nPalmer on Further Debt Ceiling Extension: \u201cDemocrats Can\u2019t Accept Any Limit on Wasteful Spending\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the House of Representatives into session this week to raise the debt ceiling by a staggering $2.5 trillion. This comes as Senate Democrats continue to negotiate how many trillions more to spend on President Biden\u2019s so-called Build Back Better Act, which will add to our ballooning $29 trillion national debt. Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement:\n\n\u201cIt seems that the Democrats still can\u2019t accept any limit on wasteful spending, even as we watch inflation inflict financial hardship on American families across the country,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) also just published the true cost of the Democrats\u2019 massive spending bill, and it would add over $3 trillion to our national debt. The U.S. debt is already 25 percent bigger than the entire economy, and the CBO projects that our debt-to-GDP will be over 200 percent by 2051. That means our debt will be twice as big as our entire economy. Such debt levels will ensure long-term inflation and possibly the loss of the U.S. dollar as the world\u2019s reserve currency. We must recognize the threat to America\u2019s future that such debt levels pose and take action to reduce our debt. We can start by eliminating wasteful spending, eliminating obsolete and unnecessary federal programs, reopening federal lands for oil and natural gas production and increase our exports, eliminating improper payments, and simplifying the federal tax code.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-further-debt-ceiling-extension-democrats-cant-accept-any-limit"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9228608105331659, "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"}