{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-nc-affordable-care-act-hearing-straight-out-cynical-gop-playbook", "PRICE: NC AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HEARING STRAIGHT OUT OF CYNICAL GOP 'PLAYBOOK'", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Today, Representative David Price (D-NC) linked a Republican House committee hearing in Gastonia, North Carolina to the party's efforts to sabotage and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Rep. Price argues that the hearing, a product of the confidential Obamacare Watch Playbook distributed to Republican members and later obtained by a media organization, shows the party is more concerned with politicizing the health care law than working to improve it. A statement from Rep. Price is below. This so-called oversight hearing' is being led by the same Republicans who shut down the government in their desperate attempt to defund the Affordable Care Act. It is disappointing that House Republicans prefer to spend time and taxpayer money coming up with glossy brochures outlining their strategy to repeal the ACA and flying members around the country for political messaging opportunities, instead of focusing on improving the law or addressing other priorities that affect North Carolinians. The hearing deliberately excludes individuals who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act, such as the constituent in my district with a very sick wife who was able escape financial insecurity by saving more than $3,500 a year on his insurance premiums and co-payments as a direct result of the law. Many constituents have contacted me with similar stories. Because of the Affordable Care Act, North Carolinians have access to high-quality plans that won't let them down when they need them the most. Millions of North Carolinians have benefited by keeping their children on their insurance plans until they turn 26, or by taking advantage of free preventive care and better Medicare prescription benefits, because of the law. Republicans would prefer to paper over the ACA's success stories to make repealing the law easier politically, but I am unwilling to turn my back on the millions of Americans who have been waiting for years to access quality insurance. I am happy to work to improve the law, but that is made much more difficult by the Republicans' constant efforts to make it fail. # # #", 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/price-nc-affordable-care-act-hearing-straight-out-cynical-gop-playbook"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7362539656460285, "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"}