{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154213/http://bridenstine.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-jim-bridenstine-voted-against-budget-deal", "Congressman Jim Bridenstine Voted Against \u201cBudget Deal\u201d", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Jim Bridenstine", "B001283", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Bridenstine commented on his vote against the Ryan-Murray budget deal:\nThe Ryan Murray budget deal does not address our long term fiscal crisis.\u00a0 The U.S. debt and deficit must be dealt with in a meaningful way now.\u00a0 To put this bill into perspective, the Congressional Budget Office optimistically estimates $6.3 trillion (with a T) of new debt over the next 10 years.\u00a0 This bill would reduce the deficit by only $7 billion (with a B) during the same time.\u00a0 That\u2019s only one tenth of one percent.\u00a0 The $23 billion deficit reduction reported in the media does not include $8 billion in additional interest payments or $8 billion for a Medicare amendment.\u00a0 Even the full $23 billion would shave off less than four tenths of one percent of the debt increase.\u00a0\nThese very small savings are too distant to be realistic \u2013 deficit reductions are not achieved until nine years in the future and then only if a future Congress is more disciplined than this one.\u00a0\u00a0\nIn short, the Ryan-Murray budget kicks the can down the road and scuttles any real entitlement or fiscal reform for another two years.\u00a0 This deal separates Members of Congress further from the responsibility of controlling the budget.\u00a0\nTwo achievements of this problematic bill are new spending and additional taxes.\u00a0 There is an added tax on airline travelers, and the revenue goes into the general revenue.\u00a0 As such, it is not a \u201cfee\u201d for the TSA as claimed.\u00a0 It is a tax.\nCONTACT:  \n\tSheryl Kaufman, Communications Director  \n\tPhone: 202-225-2211  \n\tEmail Address: Sheryl.Kaufman@mail.house.gov\n--\u00a0 30\u00a0 --", 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/20140202154213/http://bridenstine.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-jim-bridenstine-voted-against-budget-deal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9314510971307755, "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"}