{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.speaker.gov/general/tax-reform-what-people-need-right-now", "\u2018Tax reform is what people need right now\u2019", "2017-12-12", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "www.speaker.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Summary: Today at a press conference with Republican leaders, Speaker Ryan commended the first responders of yesterday\u2019s attempted terrorist attack in New York. He also discussed the ongoing negotiations of the House-Senate conference committee on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.\nOpening Statement:\n\u201cFirst, I want to commend the responders in New York City yesterday\u2014the first responders following what is clearly an apparent terrorist attack there. I think this incident just reminds each and every one of us how we just have to be unceasingly vigilant, just as citizens.\n\u201cWe need to protect Americans from this radical Islamic terrorist attack that we seemed to experience. We just want the people of New York to know we\u2019re with them.\n\u201cNow, we are entering another huge week for tax reform. As was mentioned, we named the conferees last week on our Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, chaired by Chairman Kevin Brady. This week, the House and Senate conferees are reconciling those two bills. The committee will hold an important meeting tomorrow to work toward a final package to cut taxes and to simplify the tax code for the American people.\n\u201cThis tax reform legislation is monumental. It\u2019s going to help American families at every income level. It\u2019s going to raise wages. It\u2019s going to create jobs right here in America. People will get to keep more of their hard-earned dollars.\n\u201cThis is so welcomed as a reform. This is what gets our confident economy restored. I cannot stress this enough: This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Not just to fix the broken tax code, not just to jumpstart the economy, but to truly restore hope, confidence, and opportunity in America. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here. That\u2019s what this is about.\n\u201cTax reform is what people need right now and I am so thrilled that we are so close to the finish line. We\u2019re going to keep at it so we can deliver real tax relief before Christmas.\u201d", 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.speaker.gov/general/tax-reform-what-people-need-right-now"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.641883049160242, "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"}