{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgH7477-6", "2012-12-31", 112, 2, null, null, "IMPENDING FISCAL CLIFF", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H7477", "H7478", "[{\"name\": \"Paul Tonko\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "158 Cong. Rec. H7477", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]\n[House]\n[Pages H7477-H7478]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                         IMPENDING FISCAL CLIFF\n\n  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1\nminute and to revise and extend his remarks.)\n  Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, well, here we are on the last day of\ncalendar year 2012 with an impending fiscal cliff challenging all of\nus.\n  The women and men who serve in this great body assemble and express\ngreat differences, but those differences ought not divide us; they\nshould build us with the best consensus.\n  We need a bold and balanced approach to this fiscal cliff. We need to\nmake certain that the 33 consecutive months of private sector job\ngrowth are not disrupted. We need to make certain that the unemployment\nrate does not rise as the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office,\nsuggests, to 9.1 percent. We need to avoid taxes growing by $2,200 for\nan average family of four in 2013. That's what's impending here. It is\nimportant for us to go forward and take the initiative and avoid the\nconsequences of that fiscal cliff.\n  I'm concerned because FEMA, as an example, would be cut by some $878\nmillion. Having witnessed the destruction in my district, we can ill-\nafford that. Cuts to nutrition programs, cuts\n\n[[Page H7478]]\n\nto Medicare. I implore our leadership in this House, bring a bold and\nbalanced approach to solve our fiscal cliff crisis here today.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgH7477-6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 32.456727931275964, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}