{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bentz.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-bentz-calls-governor-brown-end-statewide-shutdown", "Congressman Bentz Calls on Governor Brown to End Statewide Shutdown", "2021-05-04", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Cliff Bentz", "B000668", "bentz.house.gov", "bentz", "https://bentz.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ONTARIO, Ore. \u2013 Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) released a statement calling on Governor Kate Brown to end the recently re-instituted COVID-19 restrictions.\n\n\"In the normal course, as a United States Representative, I would not enter debates regarding state-level politics. However, the Governor\u2019s most recent response to the COVID-19 situation is not only historically broad in impact, but an action that causes far more serious damage than benefit. Additionally, in recent days, the Oregon Health Authority actually invited public input from Oregon\u2019s congressional delegation.\n\n\"Governor Kate Brown\u2019s decision to again lockdown huge parts of Oregon has caused incredible frustration for many in my district, and I share their frustration. In a recent letter by Governor Brown, she commended Oregonians for helping make our state \u201camong the lowest COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in the nation,\u201d to which she gave credit in \u201clarge part to the actions of Oregonians to take seriously the health and safety measures.\u201d And indeed, today, nearly 70 percent of Oregon\u2019s older population is fully vaccinated and many communities across our state were well on their way to safely returning to some sort of normal. However, Governor Brown has now done completely the opposite of many other states: imposing yet another lockdown.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://bentz.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-bentz-calls-governor-brown-end-statewide-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1196878515183926, "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"}