{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-historic-inflation-increase-and-5-trillion-cbo-price-tag-for-build-back-better-should-kill-bidens-socialist-agenda-save-christmas", "Sullivan: Historic Inflation Increase & $5 Trillion CBO Price Tag for \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Should Kill Biden\u2019s Socialist Agenda, Save Christmas", "2021-12-10", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Dan Sullivan", "S001198", "www.sullivan.senate.gov", "sullivan", "https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=36", "scraper", "Sullivan Says Inflation Spike is Biden\u2019s \u2018Lump of Coal\u2019 for Every American\n\nWASHINGTON\u2014U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement in response to the Labor Department\u2019s announcement today that U.S. inflation hit a 39-year annualized high of 6.8% at the end of October, and the Congressional Budget Office\u2019s assessment released today that President Joe Biden\u2019s so-called \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d legislation would cost $4.9 trillion and add $3 trillion to the national debt\u2014rebutting the administration\u2019s absurd claim that the bill will cost \u201czero.\u201d Sen. Sullivan says the inflation increase is largely a result of the Biden administration\u2019s far left policies and would only be further exacerbated by the $4.9 trillion reconciliation bill recently passed in the House and currently being considered in the Senate.\n\n\u201cThe inflation numbers announced today are a lump of coal in every American\u2019s stocking this Christmas,\u201d said Sen. Sullivan. \u201cThis shocking increase in inflation just makes more evident what we already know\u2014this administration\u2019s war on affordable energy, coupled with the out-of-control spending being pushed by President Biden and the radical far left in Congress, is inflicting real pain on America\u2019s working families, who are paying much more for their holiday presents, and at the gas pump, grocery store, and to heat their homes this winter. Enough is enough. These inflation numbers should be the final nail in the coffin of the Democrats\u2019 reckless tax-and-spending spree, which would pump trillions more in wasteful deficit spending to fund a liberal wish-list. Let\u2019s be clear: Despite the Democrats\u2019 incredible claim that their socialist tax-and-spending bill costs \u2018zero\u2019 dollars, the President\u2019s plan will super-charge inflation even more and do real, lasting damage to our economy. Building back to the Jimmy Carter malaise of the 1970s is not what any American wants and is definitely not what our nation needs.\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.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-historic-inflation-increase-and-5-trillion-cbo-price-tag-for-build-back-better-should-kill-bidens-socialist-agenda-save-christmas"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6019679605960846, "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"}