{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=480", "ICYMI: Republicans Block Rep. Becca Balint\u2019s Amendments to the HALT Fentanyl Act", "2025-02-07", "2025", "2025-02", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Becca Balint", "B001318", "balint.house.gov", "balint", "https://balint.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) introduced two amendments to the HALT Fentanyl Act to include common sense resources to fight the substance use disorder crisis, both were rejected by Republicans.\n\nThe first amendment would have doubled the funding for the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant. This block grant supports states and communities\u2019 work to prevent and treat substance use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use. All Vermont communities have been impacted by the substance use crisis and this grant goes directly to assist them.\n\nThe second amendment would directly support communities recovering from natural disasters by funding local substance use disorder and mental health care resources.\n\n\u201cRepublicans aren\u2019t serious about addressing this country\u2019s opioid crisis. We need real community-based solutions that support recovery and mental health services. Instead, they brought to the floor a bill that aims to incarcerate more people rather than get to the root of this crisis. Incarceration is not a solution. We need to work urgently to provide prevention, treatment, and recovery options to work for our communities,\u201d said Rep. Becca Balint.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:42:11Z"]], "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://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=480"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1768210679292679, "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"}