{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-scott-talks-inflation-blasts-dems-spending-on-americas-newsroom/", "ICYMI: Scott Talks Inflation, Blasts Dems\u2019 Spending on America\u2019s Newsroom", "2021-12-15", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Fox News\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom.\u201d Sen. Scott slammed the Democrats\u2019 reckless spending, which has driven inflation to a record high, and he discussed how to combat America\u2019s rising prices.\n\nClick to watch the full interview\n\nOn record-level inflation \u2026 \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that, when you think about inflation\u2014this bone-crushing, life-changing, hope-stealing, job-killing inflation\u2014there\u2019s no doubt in my mind that I\u2019m thankful that it\u2019s no longer considered transitory. Finally, Chairman Powell is speaking the truth, which is [that] this is unprecedented. The last time inflation was this high, I had an afro. That is a long time ago. That\u2019s early 1980s.\n\n\u201cThe truth is that we have to find a way to forge forward by reducing spending from the federal government and allowing raises to increase in the private sector. That means that we have to pull back on this \u2018Build Back Broker\u2019 plan that the Democrats are still trying to weave together.\u201d\n\nOn inflation\u2019s effect on service members \u2026 \u201c[In South Carolina] we actually make marines at Parris Island; we train the army folks at Fort Jackson. So if you think about [a service member] who may even be eligible for public assistance because they get paid so little\u2014[working] paycheck-to-paycheck\u2014they drive up to the gas station and now gas is up almost 75 percent. \u2026 Can you imagine someone who\u2019s serving our nation \u2026 and they simply cannot put gas in their cars while they defend our nation?\n\nOn the path forward \u2026 \u201cMedian income in this country is around $35,000 a year. When you think about what this inflationary impact is on folks living paycheck-to-paycheck, it means that you have to choose between sometimes your health care, sometimes your energy, and sometimes the utilities in your house. \u2026 We can change that by [stopping reckless spending] in Washington and [allowing] the American people to catch up. That means putting more focus on an incentive-based economy where we let the private sector do what they do really well and getting the government out of the way.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-scott-talks-inflation-blasts-dems-spending-on-americas-newsroom/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.430220901966095, "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"}