{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases?ID=1EDD39B9-13DE-4FA0-8C94-3847F11F80EC", "Rep. Austin Scott Statement on New Proposed WOTUS Rule", "2018-12-11", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Austin Scott", "S001189", "austinscott.house.gov", "austinscott", "https://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, today released the following statement after the after the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) announcement to significantly scale back the definition of \u201cWaters of the United States\u201d (WOTUS). In 2015, under the Obama Administration, the EPA finalized a joint rule with the Army Corps of Engineers to expand the definition of WOTUS under the Clean Water Act, broadening the federal government\u2019s regulatory authority of virtually any place where water flows across the country.\n\n\u201cThe last Administration\u2019s WOTUS rule was overreaching and detrimental to American farmers. I'm very glad to see EPA's new proposed \u2018Waters of the United States\u2019 rule and a roll back of burdensome regulations that stifled production and did little to further protect our natural resources,\u201d said Rep. Scott.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "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://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases?ID=1EDD39B9-13DE-4FA0-8C94-3847F11F80EC"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7517277263104916, "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"}