{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-joins-warren-and-colleagues-in-pressing-thune-johnson-on-republican-plans-to-cut-social-security-medicare-medicaid", "Pappas Joins Warren and Colleagues in Pressing Thune, Johnson on Republican Plans to Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in pressing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Republican plans to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.\n\nThe push comes amid Republicans\u2019 months-long assault on these critical programs for seniors and Americans with disabilities, and recent comments indicate there may be more attacks to come. Speaker Johnson recently stated publicly that Republicans have a \u201cplan\u201d to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid if they retain control of Congress next year, stating: \u201cThe reason we\u2019re in trouble is because over 74% of federal spending is on autopilot, mandatory spending. That\u2019s your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and things like Social Security. They have to be adjusted and fixed. We have a plan to do that next year.\u201d Just this week, another House Republican said Congress could \u201cget into\u201d Social Security.\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve to have full transparency into Republican plans to attack earned benefits like Social Security,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.\n\nSince the start of President Trump\u2019s second term, Republicans have relentlessly attacked Americans\u2019 health insurance, retirement, and food security programs. Republicans passed legislation to rip away health coverage from roughly 15 million Americans, forced millions to lose food assistance by slashing funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), threatened to revive Bush-era efforts to privatize Social Security, and made it harder for Social Security beneficiaries to access their benefits.\n\nNow, Republicans are threatening to launch further attacks on these crucial programs. Along with his comments regarding Republicans\u2019 \u201cplan\u201d to slash critical programs, Johnson has blamed programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security for the national debt.\n\n\u201cJohnson's defense \u2014 that he is targeting only \u2018waste, fraud, and abuse\u2019 \u2014 is nothing more than a smoke-and-mirrors scheme to cover up benefit cuts,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cA plan you will not show the voters before they vote is not reassurance. It is a warning and revealing of Republican priorities.\u201d\n\nThe lawmakers called on Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune to reveal said plan to the American people.", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"]], "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://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-joins-warren-and-colleagues-in-pressing-thune-johnson-on-republican-plans-to-cut-social-security-medicare-medicaid"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.1222400721162558, "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"}