{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dr-boozman-s-check-up?ContentRecord_id=7d1db48d-1421-4d6b-8d8e-56734253184d", "$18 Trillion and Rising", "2014-12-02", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "AR", "John Boozman", "B001236", "www.boozman.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "If you visited the President\u2019s website, you might think that Washington\u2019s spending problem is under control.\r\nLines that suggest President Obama has \u201cled the way on structuring the government to live within its means\u201d and \u201cthe Administration has moved to eliminate wasteful spending, streamline what works, and modernize how government operates to save money and improve performance\u201d would give you the impression that everything is rosy and going according to plan.\r\nSo, how then, does the White House reconcile that rhetoric with the fact that our national debt has now passed the $18 trillion mark? It appears by ignoring this alarming trend all together, and not commenting on it despite once saying it was \u201cunpatriotic\u201d to add $4 trillion to the debt.\r\nCome January, Republicans will control both chambers of Congress, allowing us to put our commitment to cut Washington\u2019s wasteful spending into action. I believe we can find a mechanism, like a Balanced Budget Amendment, that will stop the government from spending beyond its means. If Arkansas can be required to balance our state\u2019s budget, there is no reason that we shouldn\u2019t be able to require Washington to do the same.\r\nThe national debt is a threat to our sovereignty. Foreign holdings account for almost half of these obligations, and much of that is owed to countries that do not always share our values\u2014such as China and Saudi Arabia. We must end the excessive spending and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path. The road we are on right now certainly isn\u2019t fair to future generations. We can\u2019t keep kicking the can down the road. In fact, it has been kicked so far down the road it is out of view.", 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://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dr-boozman-s-check-up?ContentRecord_id=7d1db48d-1421-4d6b-8d8e-56734253184d"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3678576797246933, "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"}