{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-denied-copy-us-houses-obamacare-repeal-draft/", "Dr. Rand Paul Denied a Copy of U.S. House\u2019s Obamacare Repeal Draft", "2017-03-02", "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 learned that the U.S. House\u2019s Obamacare repeal-and-replace draft legislation is being hidden away in a \u201csecure location\u201d and was denied in the U.S. Capitol building from making a copy of the legislation for the American people and all of their representatives to read.\n\n\u201cI promised Kentuckians I would fight to ensure Congress has enough time to read legislation before voting, and that I would not back down from repealing and replacing Obamacare with a plan that lowers prices, expands choices, and strengthens health care,\u201d said Dr. Paul.\n\n\u201cIt is already bad enough that it appears House leadership wants us to settle for \u2018Obamacare Lite,\u2019 but now we can\u2019t even expect full transparency during the process.\n\n\u201cI will not settle,\u201d Dr. Paul continued, \u201cand I will not stand idly by while the American people are kept in the dark. I will continue to speak out for full repeal.\u201d\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 HERE.\n\nDr. Paul has also previously introduced the \u201cRead the Bills Act\u201d to give members of Congress enough time to fully evaluate legislation before voting.\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-denied-copy-us-houses-obamacare-repeal-draft/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0456028394401073, "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"}