{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-op-ed-we-promised-do-everything-possible", "Walker Op-Ed: We Promised To Do Everything Possible", "2015-12-08", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Mark Walker", "W000819", "walker.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Repealing Obamacare is one of the most unifying and politically advantageous issues for Republicans. We have won historic Congressional majorities based on how terrible the law is for small businesses and families.\nThe law is doing irreparable harm to our nations healthcare system and economic future.\nRepublicans have made our case to the American people (convincingly, as a consistent majority of Americans oppose the law) and we have promised to do everything possible to repeal as much as possible of Obamacare.\nBut the House missed its chance. As passed through budget reconciliation, our version of Obamacare repeal only addressed 6 of 419 sections of the law  or 1.4%.\nAs the more conservative body, our constituents and the American people deserved more than this hollow effort. We ducked the tough issues  mostly because House Leadership claimed we couldnt do more because of the Senates Byrd Rule.\nSenator Mike Lee and I have been working on repeal through reconciliation for months and those excuses were never convincing. Medicaid expansion, additional taxes and billions in spending were ignored in the House version and (inexcusably) left intact.\nLast week, the Senate proved House Leaderships assertions incorrect and decided to make good on Republican promises of repealing Obamacare and establishing meaningful health care reform.The Senate bill actually had teeth  it wasnt designed to make the Chamber of Commerce happy.\nI commend the Senate for stepping up and passing a reconciliation bill that truly repeals the infrastructure of Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood, instead of simply rubberstamping the Houses inadequate attempt at repeal.\nNow its time for the House to act quickly. Lets get the Senate version to the floor and to the Presidents desk. We can force a national debate on the Presidents namesake law and its a debate we know we can win.\nPublished in The Hill", 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://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-op-ed-we-promised-do-everything-possible"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0034669432789087, "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"}