{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-david-price-d-nc-issues-statement-house-gop-tax-plan", "Congressman David Price (D-NC) Issues Statement on House GOP Tax Plan", "2017-11-02", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0 (Nov. 2, 2017) \u2013 On Thursday, November 2, Congressman David Price (D-NC) issued the following statement upon release of the House Republican Tax Plan.\n\u201cToday, House Republicans released a tax plan that raises taxes on millions of middle class families, slashes taxes for large corporations and the wealthiest earners, and adds more than $1.5 trillion to the national debt. By every measure, the GOP tax plan is borrowing from the future to benefit corporate interests and the well-connected.\nThe plan would eliminate or curtail deductions for student loan interest, state and local taxes, and medical expenses to pay for tax cuts for millionaires, while working-class families will be lucky to break even. In 1997, I authored the original bipartisan provision allowing individuals to deduct the interest on their student loans, including thousands in North Carolina. At a time when student loan debt is at an all-time high and wages remain stagnant for many, provisions like these provide relief for working families\nRather than rushing a severely flawed tax plan through Congress without hearings or deliberation, President Trump and Republicans in Congress should be working with Democrats to create a tax system that puts the middle class first and strengthens our economy for the long term.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 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://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-david-price-d-nc-issues-statement-house-gop-tax-plan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8473568595945835, "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"}