{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-scott-colleagues-spotlight-democrats-self-inflicted-crises/", "Senator Scott, Colleagues Spotlight Democrats\u2019 Self-Inflicted Crises", "2021-09-29", "2021", "2021-09", "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 in a press conference with Senate Republicans, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) highlighted crises caused by Democrat leadership and warned of the dangerous policies in their $3.5 trillion spending plan.\n\nClick to watch Senator Scott\u2019s remarks\n\nOn self-inflicted Democrat crises \u2026 \u201cCrisis after crisis after crisis \u2026 The Democrats are in disarray without any question. How does that all translate to the average person living in this country? We\u2019ve heard about the border crisis \u2026 Afghanistan, taxing and spending crisis. All of that lands on the shoulders of every-day Americans.\u201d\n\nOn inflation caused by reckless spending \u2026 \u201cThe price [of their proposal] is astounding. It is hard to digest $3.5 trillion after a $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan and a $1.9 trillion COVID plan with less than 10 percent going to COVID health or COVID vaccines. That spending is just enormous. \u2026 When you drive up to the pump and your gas prices are up 40 plus percent \u2026 when your electric bill is up 20 percent \u2026 the impact is devastating.\u201d\n\nOn harmful policies in the Democrats\u2019 tax-and-spend bill \u2026 \u201cWhen we\u2019re talking about giving the IRS permission to spy on accounts for every transaction at $600 or more, you\u2019re destabilizing one of the greatest systems of commerce in the world. \u2026\n\n\u201cThe amount of devastation being done by the programs and the policies, in addition to the price, makes this spending crisis an incredible threat to the American Dream. The accelerator to socialism can be seen by the policy designs in this reconciliation vehicle.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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/senator-scott-colleagues-spotlight-democrats-self-inflicted-crises/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9341300465166569, "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"}