{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://turner.house.gov/2021/4/rep-mike-turner-introduces-legislation-to-stop-president-biden-s", "Rep. Mike Turner Introduces Legislation to Stop President Biden\u2019s Partisan Attempt to Redefine Infrastructure", "2021-04-12", "2021", "2021-04", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Michael R. Turner", "T000463", "turner.house.gov", "turner", "https://turner.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) will introduce legislation that would require significant infrastructure bills and joint resolutions to provide at least 50% of funding to programs, initiatives, or projects that directly impact construction or maintenance of highways, roads, bridges, dams, passenger and freight railways, airports, waterways and ports, public schools, and their safety. Any legislation providing these funds in excess of $100 billion would have to comply with this rule if adopted.\n\nThe introduction of the No IRRESPONSIBLE Spending Act follows the announcement of President Biden\u2019s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package that allocates less than 6% of its funding to roads and bridges.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden and Speaker Pelosi\u2019s $2.3 trillion \u2018infrastructure\u2019 package allocates less than 6% of its funding to roads and bridges but commits $600 billion to the Green New Deal. As Americans await needed investments in their communities, using the guise of infrastructure to advance a partisan agenda is disingenuous and wrong,\u201d said Turner. \u201cThat is why today I am introducing The No IRRESPONSIBLE Spending Act. This legislation would stop ridiculous attempts to redefine infrastructure by responsibly prioritizing investments into our bridges, highways, waterways, and schools. President Biden and Speaker Pelosi should make true on their promise of bipartisanship and get serious about legislation that will tangibly address the infrastructure needs of our communities.\u201d\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s plan has sparked a debate on what constitutes infrastructure. Democrats like Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have publicly expressed that, \u201cPaid leave is infrastructure. Childcare is infrastructure. Caregiving is infrastructure.\u201d\n\nCurrently, the $2.3 trillion \u201cAmerican Jobs Plan\u201d includes priorities deemed by many as unrelated to infrastructure, including $10 billion for a new Civilian Climate Corpsthat will \u201cadvance environmental justice,\u201d $213 billion for housing and to increase federal control of local housing markets, and $400 billion to expand Medicaid. Less than 5% of the package goes to broadband and less than 2% goes to waterways, locks, dams, ports, and airports.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"]], "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://turner.house.gov/2021/4/rep-mike-turner-introduces-legislation-to-stop-president-biden-s"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.179365139454603, "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"}