{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131122141207/http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/464", "GOODLATTE STATEMENT ON VOTE ON SENATE PROPOSAL", "2013-10-16", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Robert Goodlatte", "G000289", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "GOODLATTE STATEMENT ON VOTE ON SENATE PROPOSAL \n                      \n                      \tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Bob Goodlatte released the following statement regarding tonight\u2019s vote in the House of Representatives:  \u201cThe Senate\u2019s plan raises the debt limit and merely delays discussion on debt and spending for a short time and does little to address the fundamental fiscal challenges facing our nation.\u00a0 The fact of the matter is that unrestrained government spending and unsustainable entitlement programs that make up nearly 70 percent of our spending remain untouched by this measure.\u00a0 After years of debate it is time to take action. \u201cUnfortunately, the Senate\u2019s unwillingness to negotiate resulted in a measure that does not provide the reforms required to address the nearly $17 trillion national debt and the massive new entitlement program in the form of Obamacare.\u00a0 Getting spending under control and reducing our debt remain my highest priorities, and this bill did not meet those goals.\u00a0 That is why I could not vote in support of this proposal.\u201d\n                      \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://web.archive.org/web/20131122141207/http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/464"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9633456356823444, "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"}