{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=6fba38b0-8aa2-4f85-b6c1-f2d9c8a9aa7a", "SENATOR McCAIN INTRODUCES OBAMACARE ALTERNATIVE", "2013-12-18", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "John McCain", "M000303", "www.mccain.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u00ad\u2013 U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today introduced the Empowering Patients First Act \u2013 the Senate companion legislation to HR 2300, introduced in the House by Representatives by Congressman Tom Price (GA-06). Watch Senator McCain\u2019s remarks on the Senate floor today here.\r\n\u201cToday, I am introducing the Empowering Patients First Act, companion legislation to H.R. 2300, which was introduced in the House by Congressman Tom Price,\u201d said Senator John McCain. \u201cI thank Congressman Price for all of his hard work on this legislation. The Empowering Patients First Act would give patients and their doctors the power to make medical decisions, not Washington. There is no doubt that Obamacare is failing, and it is time for Congress to consider our alternatives.\u201d\r\nRead a section-by-section review of the legislation here.\r\nRead the American Action Forum\u2019s analysis of the legislation here.\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\r\n###", 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.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=6fba38b0-8aa2-4f85-b6c1-f2d9c8a9aa7a"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8253001142293215, "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"}