{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://paulsen.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=1796", "Paulsen: Uncompetitive U.S. Tax Code Harms Minnesota's Small Businesses", "2016-02-24", "2016", "2016-02", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Erik Paulsen", "P000594", "paulsen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 In a House Ways and Means Committee hearing entitled \u201cGlobal Tax Environment in 2016 and Implications for International Tax Reform,\u201d Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) spoke about the effect that an uncompetitive U.S. tax code has on small businesses and local economies in Minnesota. Paulsen highlighted the effects on a local economy when a company is forced to move its headquarters overseas to a country with a more competitive tax structure.\r\n\r\n\tPaulsen commented on the hearing, \u201cWe need a modern tax code that will grow family paychecks, small businesses, and our economy. Bringing our tax code into the 21st century means keeping companies in the U.S. and attracting others from around the world. Even more than that, fixing a broken tax code will benefit American workers and small businesses who thrive when their local economies are strong.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tWatchPaulsen\u2019s questioning during the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tPaulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.\r\n\r\n\tFor more information on Congressman Paulsen\u2019s work in Congress visit Paulsen.house.gov.\r\n\r\n\t###", 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://paulsen.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=1796"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.524636849761009, "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"}