{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-comments-us-house-rejecting-obamacare-lite/", "Dr. Rand Paul Comments on the U.S. House Rejecting \u2018Obamacare Lite\u2019", "2017-03-24", "2017", "2017-03", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul released the following statement after U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the American Health Care Act from a floor vote for the second day in a row:\n\n\u201cI applaud House conservatives for keeping their word to the American people and standing up against Obamacare Lite,\u201d said Dr. Paul. \u201cI look forward to passing full repeal of Obamacare in the very near future.\u201d\n\nEarlier this month, Dr. Paul introduced the Obamacare Repeal Act (S. 554), which is the same legislation, with an updated timeline, to repeal major components of Obamacare that an overwhelming Republican majority sent to President Obama\u2019s desk in January 2016.\n\nYou can read more about Dr. Paul\u2019s Obamacare Repeal Act HERE.\n\nIn January, Dr. Paul introduced the free-market based Obamacare Replacement Act (S. 222), which empowers Americans to: 1.) Choose inexpensive insurance free of government dictates; 2.) Save unlimited amounts in a health savings account (HSA) and have wider options for using those funds; 3.) Buy insurance across state lines; and 4.) Join together in voluntary associations to gain the leverage of being part of a large insurance pool.\n\nYou can find a one-page summary of Dr. Paul\u2019s Obamacare Replacement Act, which the House Freedom Caucus endorsed in February, HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:30:05Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-comments-us-house-rejecting-obamacare-lite/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.960108358412981, "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"}