{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://arrington.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=166", "Arrington on USDA's Proposed SNAP Rule", "2018-12-20", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Jodey C. Arrington", "A000375", "arrington.house.gov", "arrington", "https://arrington.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX19) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a proposed rule that would \u201crestore the original intent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)\u201d by tightening state waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD). \u201cI applaud Secretary Perdue and the Trump Administration for finishing the job House Republicans started to ensure that able-bodied adults on Food Stamps work in order to receive assistance,\u201d said Arrington. \u201cI am proud that 18 of the 21 House-passed reforms to the Food Stamp Program made it in the final 2018 Farm Bill. \u201cWe have a growing economy and millions of surplus jobs \u2013 it\u2019s time we pull those in poverty up and out of the welfare trap of government dependence and ensure those who are capable of working do so.\u201d See USDA\u2019s press release here. See the proposed rule here.", 1, "2026-04-07T12:09:11Z", "2026-06-27T23:11:43Z"]], "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://arrington.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=166"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7441160269081593, "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"}