{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=VideoClips&ContentRecord_id=4846B9FD-DDC4-4CAE-8646-FA50A25B9AB6", "Roberts: Tax Reform is Critical to Economic Growth, Creating Jobs and Higher Wages", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Pat Roberts", "R000307", "www.roberts.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), a senior member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Senate\u2019s tax reform legislation, saying it is critical to maximizing economic growth, creating jobs and higher wages, and finally getting our economy back on track.\r\n\u201cWe all understand how critical tax reform is,\u201d said Roberts. \u201cWe have before us now a comprehensive plan to address the many issues with our current tax code, cleaning up and modernizing the tax code, to help generate more growth in our economy. The bill before the Senate does exactly that, providing meaningful tax relief for families, small businesses, and farmers and ranchers.\u201d\r\nRoberts, who was tapped to be the leading voice on agriculture issues on the Finance Committee, praised the legislation\u2019s provisions that will provide certainty to farmers and ranchers. He said, \u201cI am very pleased the Senate bill keeps the Ag tax provisions, but will also help our farmers by creating a much more pro-growth tax system, lowering their tax burden and simplifying the tax provisions relating to the agricultural sector.\u201d\r\nThe\u00a0Tax Cuts and Jobs Act\u00a0passed\u00a0out of the Senate Finance Committee, with Roberts\u2019 support, on November 16, after a week of marking up the legislation. For video of his opening statement at the markup of the legislation, go\u00a0here.\r\nThe U.S. House of Representatives passed their version of the\u00a0Tax Cut and Jobs Act\u00a0earlier this month. The legislation is expected to be voted on in the Senate this week.", 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.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=VideoClips&ContentRecord_id=4846B9FD-DDC4-4CAE-8646-FA50A25B9AB6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0640581604093313, "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"}