{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-will-offer-alternative-to-student-loan-bailout-plan", "Cotton Will Offer Alternative to Student Loan Bailout Plan", "2022-08-24", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353\n\nAugust 24, 2022\n\nCotton Will Offer Alternative to Student Loan Bailout Plan\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to \u201cforgive\u201d student loan debt.\n\n\u201cThere is no such thing as student loan forgiveness\u2014this is a bailout, paid for by the large majority of Americans who never went to college or who responsibly paid off their debts. Even worse, President Biden\u2019s plan ignores the true culprit: bloated, self-serving colleges. I\u2019ll be introducing a bill to hold these colleges accountable for debt, lower tuition, support non-college career paths, and save the taxpayers billions.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-will-offer-alternative-to-student-loan-bailout-plan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3053189031779766, "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"}