{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-statement-on-senate-passage-of-tax-relief-for-wildfire-survivors", "Wyden Statement on Senate Passage of Tax Relief for Wildfire Survivors", "2024-12-04", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "OR", "Ron Wyden", "W000779", "www.wyden.senate.gov", "wyden", "https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Finance Committee Chair: \u201cThis is great news for Oregonians whose lives and livelihoods have been ripped apart by wildfires.\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013U.S. Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement after working successfully to secure tonight\u2019s Senate passage of tax relief for wildfire survivors in Oregon and nationwide.\n\n\u201cThis is great news for Oregonians whose lives and livelihoods have been ripped apart by wildfires,\u201d said Wyden, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees tax policy. \u201cToday\u2019s vote restores common sense and common decency to tax policy by making sure that survivors of these infernos receive every settlement dollar they need to repair their homes and small businesses. And it ends the problem Donald Trump and congressional Republicans created in their 2017 tax law that left survivors also taxed on the attorney fees in their settlement payments.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve seen and heard firsthand in town halls and other community meetings across the state how important this tax fix is for Oregonians, and I\u2019m gratified it\u2019s now the law of the land,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cI\u2019m proud this tax fix was part of my larger tax package that earned overwhelming bipartisan support in the House, and I\u2019ll never stop fighting for the other pieces of that package that Senate Republicans schemed to block \u2013 expanding the child tax credit for families and strengthening incentives for R&D and investments in new equipment and software. There are 160,000 young Oregonians who\u2019d be out of poverty with that expanded child tax credit, and thousands of Oregon small businesses who\u2019d grow and generate jobs with the R&D credits.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-statement-on-senate-passage-of-tax-relief-for-wildfire-survivors"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5619781333953142, "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"}