{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=747", "Major Disaster Declaration Approved for Nebraska", "2021-09-07", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Don Bacon", "B001298", "bacon.house.gov", "bacon", "https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "LINCOLN, NEB. \u2013 Following requests by Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska congressional delegation, President Joe Biden yesterday issued a major disaster declaration for the state of Nebraska. The declaration will allow for federal funds to begin flowing to portions of the state impacted by severe thunderstorms between July 9 and July 10.\n\n\u201cNebraska communities devasted by July\u2019s heavy thunderstorms and hail will soon begin receiving critical federal relief. We supported Governor Ricketts in his request for this aid and were glad to see the administration act quickly in response. This disaster declaration will provide Nebraskans with the resources to rebuild and recover,\u201d said the delegation.\n\nThe counties included in the declaration are Box Butte, Cass, Clay, Douglas, Fillmore, Grant, Hall, Hamilton, Madison, Sarpy, Saunders, Sheridan, Washington, and York.\n\nLast month, Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02), Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01), and Adrian Smith (NE-03), and U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) wrote a letter to President Biden echoing their support of Governor Ricketts\u2019s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for Nebraska.\n\nA copy of the Nebraska congressional delegation\u2019s August letter to President Biden is available here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=747"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7953899912536144, "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"}