{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=DCEB0B91-DC92-4B4C-9362-E25316730B8A", "Sasse on Administration's Obamacare Announcement", "2016-10-24", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Ben Sasse", "S001197", "www.sasse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "\"We\u2019ve reached this point because Obamacare is built on the lie that Washington\u2019s bureaucrats are smart enough to plan health care for millions of Americans.\" \r\nU.S. Senator Ben Sasse, who\u00a0earlier this year\u00a0authored a report on the lack of competition on Obamacare\u2019s exchanges, issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration\u2019s confirmation today that Obamacare premiums will increase by an average of 25 percent next year.\u00a0\"We\u2019ve reached this point because Obamacare is built on the lie that Washington\u2019s bureaucrats are smart enough to plan health care for millions of Americans. At every turn\u2014whether it\u2019s CO-OPs collapsing, premiums skyrocketing, or big insurers bailing\u2014the American people have paid the price. More spin won\u2019t solve this\u2014it\u2019s time for the White House to admit that this law isn\u2019t working.\"\r\n\r\n \r\nMore spin won\u2019t solve this: https://t.co/9tzkaBg2IG It\u2019s time for the White House to admit that #Obamacare isn\u2019t working. pic.twitter.com/zh0MZg0iSg\r\n\u2014 Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) October 24, 2016", 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.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=DCEB0B91-DC92-4B4C-9362-E25316730B8A"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1609943360090256, "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"}