{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/-reed-statement-on-republican-tax-bill", "Reed Statement on Republican Tax Bill", "2017-12-01", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12/01/2017\u00a0\u2014\u00a0WASHINGTON, DC \u2013\u00a0Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement:\r\n\u201cThis trickle-down tax plan is a disaster for the middle-class and threatens America\u2019s long-term economic security.\u00a0 It irresponsibly cuts benefits for students, seniors, working parents, and many others and is designed to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block.\r\n\u201cI support responsible\u00a0investments in repairing our infrastructure and educating Americans.\u00a0 Tax cuts that\u00a0spur\u00a0real\u00a0job growth and increase take-home pay\u00a0should be part of any package to help the middle-class.\u00a0 But I oppose this stunning transfer of wealth from taxpayers to millionaires.\u00a0 In fact, the non-partisan CBO shows that by 2027, people making $40,000 to $50,000 will see their taxes go up by $5.3 billion more in taxes, while those in the $1 million and up category would get a $5.8 billion cut.\u00a0 And the Joint Committee on Taxation, which serves as another non-partisan\u00a0government budget referee, concluded that\u00a0President Trump\u2019s plan\u00a0will balloon the federal budget deficit over $1 trillion in the next decade.\r\n\u201cCongress should work together to responsibly cut taxes for working families,\u00a0restore our infrastructure,\u00a0invest in the middle-class, and help small businesses grow.\u00a0 Instead, Republicans are using a closed process to benefit multi-national corporations and mega-donors at the expense of hardworking Americans.\u00a0\r\n\u201cI encourage Americans everywhere to look at the facts and let Congress know what you think of this bill.\u00a0 Republicans are\u00a0sadly\u00a0prioritizing corporations over people.\u00a0 People need to speak up before it is too late.\u00a0 I\u00a0suspect\u00a0President Trump\u00a0will try and claim this bill as a win for regular Americans, but the truth and the math are not on the President\u2019s side.\u201d\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 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.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/-reed-statement-on-republican-tax-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7292048539966345, "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"}