{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bishop-urges-administration-to-follow-the-law-respect-court-rulings-to-release-snap-funds-immediately", "BISHOP URGES ADMINISTRATION TO FOLLOW THE LAW, RESPECT COURT RULINGS TO RELEASE SNAP FUNDS IMMEDIATELY", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.", "B000490", "bishop.house.gov", "bishop", "https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "COLUMBUS, Ga. \u2013 Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, responded to rulings by federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts that require the Trump Administration to use existing contingency funds to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beyond November 1.\n\n\u201cOnce again, federal courts have ruled actions by this Administration unlawful. Two federal judges have now ruled that the Administration has a mandate \u2013 by law \u2013 to use the $5 billion in dedicated SNAP contingency funds, and that it also has the authority to transfer more funds to SNAP to ensure full benefits can be paid in November. The administration must take this action now to help prevent over a million Georgians and millions more people across this country from going hungry,\u201d noted Congressman Bishop.\n\n\u201cLast week, my colleagues and I sent a letter to USDA urging them to use these contingency funds and their full legal authority to provide SNAP benefits. Not only did our request go unanswered, but the Administration has falsely claimed, repeatedly, that it could not do so and passed the buck and blame,\u201d added Congressman Bishop. \u201cToday\u2019s rulings show once again that the Administration is not being honest with the American people, and now Americans risk going hungry because of it.\u201d\n\nYou can read the October 24 letter from Congressman Bishop and House Democrats sent to the USDA, on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Democrats\u2019 website.\n\nEarlier today, Congressman Bishop was in Midland, Georgia, visiting Feeding the Valley and meeting with community organizations to talk about the importance of SNAP to Georgia\u2019s families and farmers.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://bishop.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bishop-urges-administration-to-follow-the-law-respect-court-rulings-to-release-snap-funds-immediately"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.345566637814045, "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"}