{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/9/sen-rick-scott-details-plan-to-rescue-america-on-senate-floor", "Sen. Rick Scott Details Plan to \u201cRescue America\u201d on Senate Floor", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rick Scott went to the Senate floor to outline his \u201cRescuing America\u201d plan focused on confronting America\u2019s affordability crisis and combating the rise of socialism within the Unites States.\n\nSenator Scott\u2019s plan aims to bring down costs and boost wages with three simple steps:\n\nBalance the federal budget.\n\nCut needless government regulations.\n\nCreate more private sector jobs.\n\nWatch Senator Rick Scott\u2019s remarks by clicking HERE or on the image above.\n\nExcerpts from Senator Scott\u2019s speech can be found below:\n\nSenator Rick Scott said, \u201cZohran Mamdani is absolutely right about something that is facing every American right now: our political system has totally failed the American people. And it\u2019s set to fail the next generation, too. Socialism is not the solution to this problem. But I\u2019m not shocked that affordability is the number one issue for Americans right now.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cPeople understand that it\u2019s the fault of Congress giving them the short end of the deal. It\u2019s no surprise that people see hope in a [socialist] alternative when it\u2019s clear that politicians maintaining the status quo aren\u2019t interested in helping them. But socialism only leads to ruin in the end. If this country turns towards socialism, my grandkids won\u2019t have an America to inherit.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cInstead of holding government accountable, politicians in Washington have armed a $40 trillion debt bomb by massively expanding the federal government. We\u2019re only one economic crisis from exploding. While promising to lower prices, Congress keeps approving massive government spending bills, causing prices and interest rates to skyrocket for the same voters we promised to lower prices for.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cCongress is responsible here. Who can blame the American people for being angry? The American Dream that existed for their parents and grandparents is out of reach for them. Where is our outrage on their behalf in this chamber?\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cWe need to blow up the status quo in Washington to lower prices, fuel private sector job creation, and return to the American freedom that gave me and the generations before me the chance to succeed. That means doing three things. First, we must drastically reduce government spending to balance the federal budget. Shred the massive regulatory regime that has grown out of control in Washington. And third, we must make job creation the number one priority through tax cuts, smart investment and good economic policy.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cThe solution is simple, but it won\u2019t be easy. We could balance the budget tomorrow. We just need to have the courage to sit down with each other and figure out how\u2013and not leave town until we do. We could cut the number of federal regulations in half by Christmas if we wanted to the exact same way. We just need to be willing to put in the hours and get the job done. Let\u2019s get to work.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"]], "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/2026/9/sen-rick-scott-details-plan-to-rescue-america-on-senate-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1204809416085482, "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"}