{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2022/5/bost-davis-block-harmful-pritzker-provision-that-would-increase-water-costs-for-southern-illinois", "BOST, DAVIS BLOCK HARMFUL PRITZKER PROVISION THAT WOULD INCREASE WATER COSTS FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS", "2022-05-19", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representatives Mike Bost (IL-12) and Rodney Davis (IL-13) yesterday succeeded in stripping language from the House Water Resources Development Act that would have limited access to affordable water for communities at Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville. The provision would have set the stage for Governor Pritzker to terminate several existing contracts between the state of Illinois and the Army Corps of Engineers, forcing communities near Army Corps-managed lakes to pay more for water usage.\n\n\u201cOnce again, Governor Pritzker and liberal Democrats in Chicago and Springfield have completely disregarded the needs of Southern Illinois,\u201d said Bost. \u201cResources are already stretched thin at the local level and terminating these contracts would have forced our communities to choose between affordable water and other necessary services. I\u2019m pleased that Rep. Davis and I were successful in stripping this provision from the House bill; and we\u2019ll continue working to ensure it doesn\u2019t become law. It\u2019s maddening that Governor Pritzker was willing to increase costs for our people at a time when they are already struggling to make ends meet.\u201d\n\n\u201cGovernor Pritzker and his left-wing allies are already forcing electric rates higher with their energy policies,\u201d said Davis. \u201cOn top of rising energy costs and historic inflation, the last thing communities in central and southern Illinois need to pay more for is water, which is what Pritzker is pushing. If the State\u2019s financial condition is as rosy as Pritzker says it is, why is he trying to pass water costs along to local communities in these challenging economic times? Fortunately, Rep. Bost and I were successful in blocking Pritzker in the House, but Senators are pushing this policy in the Senate. As debate over WRDA continues, Rep. Bost and I will continue to advocate for these provisions to stay out of the final bill.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"]], "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://bost.house.gov/2022/5/bost-davis-block-harmful-pritzker-provision-that-would-increase-water-costs-for-southern-illinois"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8930731564760208, "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"}