{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://paulsen.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=1798", "Paulsen: U.S. Regulatory Environment Harming Productivity and Americans' Standard of Living", "2016-03-02", "2016", "2016-03", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Erik Paulsen", "P000594", "paulsen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 In a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) hearing entitled \u201cThe Economic Report of the President,\u201d Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) questioned Jason Furman, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about sluggish labor productivity growth and the effect that is having on American families. Paulsen questioned Chairman Furman about potential reasons that labor productivity has shown slow growth in recent years, including whether the increasing number regulations are contributing to less productivity and a lower standard of living in the U.S. \u00a0\r\n\r\n\tPaulsen commented on the hearing, \u201cHistory tells us that labor productivity and the standard of living in the United States are closely linked \u2013 when American workers become more productive, quality of life improves faster. Over the last five years, we\u2019ve had the worst labor productivity growth since WWII, which has resulted in lower wages and smaller paychecks. Eliminating unnecessary and onerous regulations is the key to unlocking our economy and putting more money in the pockets of workers.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tWatchPaulsen\u2019s questioning during the JEC 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=1798"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7989250589162111, "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"}