{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases/baumgartner-applauds-withdrawal-dam-breaching-agreement", "Baumgartner Applauds Withdrawal from Dam-Breaching Agreement", "2025-06-13", "2025", "2025-06", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Michael Baumgartner", "B001322", "baumgartner.house.gov", "baumgartner", "https://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) today released a statement applauding President Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw from the 2023 Columbia Basin salmon agreement, which laid the groundwork for breaching the four Lower Snake River dams.\n\nThe now-rescinded agreement\u2014negotiated in 2023 between federal agencies, Northwest tribes, the states of Washington and Oregon, and environmental groups\u2014pledged over $1 billion for fish restoration, alternative energy studies, and plans to replace the dams\u2019 critical benefits, including power generation, transportation, irrigation, and recreation.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to see President Trump withdraw from the 2023 salmon agreement that would have paved the way to tear down our local dams,\u201d said Congressman Baumgartner. \u201cIt was an act of extreme environmentalism by the last Administration that excluded critical stakeholders, sidelined Congress\u2019 role, and should never have been signed by the federal government.\n\n\u201cProtecting salmon is vital, but breaching the Lower Snake River dams is not the solution. These dams provide affordable, reliable, and clean energy to nearly a million homes, enable the transport of billions in agricultural goods, and already meet some of the highest standards for fish passage,\u201d Baumgartner added.\n\nLet\u2019s follow the science, invest in proven fish recovery efforts, and strengthen the hydropower backbone of our region\u2014not tear it down.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "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://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases/baumgartner-applauds-withdrawal-dam-breaching-agreement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5850351192057133, "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"}