{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/tate-reeves-turns-down-federal-help-feed-children", "Tate Reeves Turns Down Federal Help to Feed Children", "2024-01-16", "2024", "2024-01", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie G. Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", "benniethompson", "https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "[Washington, D.C.] \u2013 Today, Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS02) expresses deep disappointment with the Tate Reeves Administration's decision to opt Mississippi out of the transformative United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2024 Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program.\n\nIn a stride towards tackling child nutrition and food security, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces that 35 states, all five U.S. territories, and four tribal nations are poised to initiate the innovative Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program. This groundbreaking initiative allocates $120 per eligible child for the summer, empowering families to purchase food from grocery stores, farmers markets, and authorized retailers.\n\nAcknowledging the pivotal role that nutrition plays in the development and well-being of children, the United States Department of Agriculture created this initiative to bridge the nutrition gap that many children are faced with during the summer break when school-based meal programs are unavailable.\n\nCongressman Thompson expresses intense disappointment towards the decision Tate Reeves has made to opt Mississippi out for the new USDA 2024 Summer Food Program:\n\n\"Shame on Tate Reeves for refusing essential food assistance for eligible children during the summer.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:46:48Z"]], "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://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/tate-reeves-turns-down-federal-help-feed-children"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8964140433818102, "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"}