{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/9/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-rep-byron-donalds-in-fox-news-trump-and-bessent-s-irs-reform-let-s-end-job-killing-policies", "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT\u2026 Sen. Rick Scott, Rep. Byron Donalds in Fox News: Trump and Bessent's IRS reform: Let\u2019s end job-killing policies", "2025-09-19", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott and Congressman Byron Donalds published a joint op-ed for Fox News discussing their shared mission with President Trump to fight for Florida families, economic freedom, and opportunity that lets every American live their dreams. To accomplish that mission, Senator Scott and Congressman Donalds note the need to address the bloated, unaccountable IRS Joe Biden created and turned into a political weapon against working Americans and businesses. They also highlight how, working together with President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Congress can end Biden\u2019s job-killing policies and give families, retirees, and business owners the certainty they need to build and grow.\n\nIn the op-ed, Senator Rick Scott and Congressman Byron Donalds wrote, \u201cWe came to Washington with a similar mission: fight for Florida families, for freedom and for the kind of economic opportunity that lets every American chase their dream. President Donald Trump came here for the same reason.\n\nBut, a threat to this mission continues to exist in the IRS, a bloated, unaccountable agency that, under Joe Biden, turned into a weapon\n\nThat\u2019s changing now.\n\n\u2026\n\nPresident Trump made a smart move by putting Scott Bessent in charge at the IRS. He\u2019s a businessman, not a bureaucrat. He knows how to get things done and understands what matters: getting results, protecting taxpayers and getting the IRS out of the business of harassing Americans.\n\nHere\u2019s what we need next: end the job-killing tax policies the Biden administration forced onto Florida families and small businesses that are still occurring today.\n\n\u2026\n\nWe hear from Floridians across the state, from businesses small and large, that Biden\u2019s IRS made it harder to hire, invest and grow. Biden approved $70 billion for 87,000 new IRS agents to make sure they squeeze every penny possible out of American families. Because of that, Floridians don\u2019t trust that their government has their back. They\u2019re doing the right thing, and still, they\u2019re looking over their shoulders, waiting for the IRS to come knocking.\n\nThat fear kills jobs. It limits opportunity. And it hits Florida harder than most, because we\u2019re a state built on entrepreneurship, where anything is possible.\n\nSecretary Bessent gets it. He\u2019s pledged to bring the IRS back to basics: collect revenue, protect privacy and serve the taxpayer. No politics, no games, no harassment.\n\n\u2026\n\nIn Florida, we don\u2019t want handouts, we want freedom. The freedom to work hard, create jobs and live out the American Dream without the IRS breathing down our necks.\n\nPresident Trump and Scott Bessent are delivering real results. Now Congress needs to back them up and make these reforms permanent. The IRS should work for the people, not against them.\u201d\n\nRead the full op-ed in Fox News HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/9/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-rep-byron-donalds-in-fox-news-trump-and-bessent-s-irs-reform-let-s-end-job-killing-policies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0171341709792614, "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"}