{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-statement-on-congressional-republicans-refusal-to-extend-aca-subsidies", "Booker Statement on Congressional Republicans Refusal to Extend ACA Subsidies", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after Republicans blocked a bill that would lower health care costs for millions of Americans:\n\n\u201cSince the beginning of this year, President Trump and Republicans have launched an all-out assault on Americans\u2019 health care that has led to spiking prices and a health care affordability crisis. They slashed $900 billion from Medicaid, kicked 17 million people off their health insurance, and turned their backs on the science that saves lives. Today, my Republican colleagues had the chance to lower health care costs, and instead they voted to more than double premiums costs for over 20 million Americans.\n\n\u201cThese votes have also exposed how Republicans have no real plan to address Americans\u2019 skyrocketing health care bills: their proposal fails to extend the ACA tax credits and would do nothing to help people afford the thousands of dollars in premium increases they will start seeing in January. On top of that, it would increase deductibles by thousands of dollars, leaving families across the country one medical emergency away from bankruptcy.\n\n\u201cRepublicans\u2019 failure to extend the ACA tax credits will deliver a devastating blow to the millions of Americans who rely on them to afford their health care. I\u2019ve heard stories from families across New Jersey who don\u2019t know how they will choose between affording high-quality health care for their kids and making other ends meet in an economy that\u2019s already squeezing them dry.\n\n\u201cI will continue fighting to ensure that we have a health care system that people can afford. The American people deserve leaders who are working for their best interests, and not afraid to stand up to President Trump. It\u2019s past time for my Republican colleagues to remember who they work for.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-statement-on-congressional-republicans-refusal-to-extend-aca-subsidies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6004830356687307, "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"}