{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1319", "Bergman Presses DoD on Forever Chemical Cleanup in Michigan", "2024-10-15", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Jack Bergman", "B001301", "bergman.house.gov", "bergman", "https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Last week, Representative Bergman joined his Michigan colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Defense (DoD), requesting a comprehensive report demonstrating how the Department of Defense\u2019s efforts to remediate harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have progressed, with a particular focus on military sites and surrounding communities in Michigan.\n\nAs the letter details, \u201cPFAS chemicals remain a grave danger to the health of our constituents. Residents in Michigan communities with former and current military bases continue to suffer the consequences of their decades-long exposure to these toxic forever chemicals.\u201d\n\nThe members continued, \u201cWhile we are pleased that some Interim Remedial Actions (IRA) are underway at these sites, we remain concerned about the health and well-being of residents in these communities. In 2019, members of Michigan\u2019s congressional delegation sent a letter to then DoD Acting Inspector General Glenn Fine, requesting a review of the DoD\u2019s use of PFAS at military sites around the country and the exposure to both military personnel and civilians living near those sites.\n\n\u201cWhile we appreciate the resulting report from the DoD OIG, many questions remain unanswered. Therefore, we request an updated analysis of the DoD\u2019s efforts to address PFAS contamination at former and current military bases that build on questions originally brought to your office\u2019s attention in 2019.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1319"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7950020954012871, "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"}