{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-andre-carson-lyft-help-fight-food-deserts", "Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson, Lyft, Help Fight Food Deserts", "2019-04-25", "2019", "2019-04", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Andr\u00e9 Carson", "C001072", "carson.house.gov", "carson", "https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS, IN \u2013 Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson applauded ride sharing company Lyft's announcement on Thursday that it is expanding its Grocery Access Program to Indianapolis and nearly a dozen other cities nationwide, as well as two cities in Canada.\n\nThe initiative provides seniors and low-income families living in food deserts \u2013 neighborhoods that lack a variety of food shopping options \u2013 with discounted rides to grocery stores, helping to remove barriers to healthy foods. Carson strongly encouraged Lyft to expand this program following its early success in Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA.\n\n\"I'm very pleased by the news that Lyft is strengthening its efforts to create stronger and healthier families by bringing the Grocery Access Program to Indianapolis and many other cities, and I'm honored to have played a role in this expansion,\" Congressman Carson said. \"Too many people in our community and across America struggle to access nutritious foods due to financial and geographic constraints, and we need to get serious about finding solutions. We must continue to utilize innovative ideas such as this program, as well as comprehensive policy solutions, to solve this public health challenge. Today marks a big step in that goal.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:23:17Z"]], "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://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-andre-carson-lyft-help-fight-food-deserts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.770204933360219, "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"}