{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://brat.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=272", "#Obamascare: Rep. Brat on Massive Premium Hikes", "2016-10-25", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "VA", "David Brat", "B001290", "brat.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Brat (R-Va.) issued the following statement after the Obama administration confirmed an average increase in Obamacare premiums of over 20 percent\u00a0for 2017:\"Americans are already feeling the pinch in their pocketbooks, and this news simply proves what we have said all along:\u00a0the so-called 'Affordable'\u00a0Care Act is\u00a0totally unaffordable.\"\"President Obama promised that if you like your plan you can keep it. He said there would be an average of\u00a0$2,500 reduction in premiums and that\u00a0insurance would\u00a0be 'stronger, better and more secure.' He promised that he wouldn't add 'one dime to our deficits' and that 'this law means more choice, more competition, lower costs for millions of Americans.' But instead of more choices,\u00a0twenty one percent\u00a0of Americans will have only one\u00a0single insurer to 'choose' from\u00a0next year. This is appalling.\"\"In\u00a0economics, we know that competition helps reduce costs, and this lack of competition puts hardworking\u00a0Americans between a rock and a hard place -- they will be forced to choose between\u00a0low-quality, high-cost insurance and putting food on the table for their families.\u00a0Obamacare's\u00a0pseudo-market is completely\u00a0unsustainable.\"Rep. Brat has introduced legislation to provide Americans with more options and more control over their own health care choices.\"I will continue to fight for free-market policies that create competition and lowers costs for everyone,\" said Rep. Brat. \"This is the number one concern I hear from my constituents and the major legislative priority Congress faces.\"", 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": ["http://brat.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=272"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1516790837049484, "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"}